tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post6933335000768435193..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: Fear And SadnessTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-35455666363285347702016-06-24T12:49:24.311-07:002016-06-24T12:49:24.311-07:00Anon, It also depends on what you're looking f...Anon, It also depends on what you're looking for. If it's normal enough, it becomes white noise and you stop seeing it unless you're aiming to see it. I can't think of the last person I saw who wears glasses who wasn't my mom or my niece, because both of them often lose their glasses so I'm always checking to make sure they still have them. People wear glasses all the time, but I don't care so it doesn't register. If you care about guns, you see them. If you care about Muslims, you see them (often wrongly, because people don't understand the difference between like a Sheik and a Muslim, and if you're not a brown Muslim it's easier to skate by, but..).<br />That's just the human brain. You find what you're looking for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00950877098085655521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-25819224563686851562016-06-24T11:50:39.442-07:002016-06-24T11:50:39.442-07:00I guess this depends on where you live, "Tom,...I guess this depends on where you live, "Tom, I honestly don't recall the last time I saw some average Joe walking around with a gun on his hip but I remember the last hajib I saw or the last Middle Eastern guy I looked twice at the last time I was flying."<br /><br />I live in Phoenix, AZ and I see guns on hips of average Joe's everyday. :( Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com