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it’s actually wild how terrified of the general public most usamericans are. like you don’t realize it if you’re someone who mostly walks and takes transit and spends a lot of time in populous public spaces but then you talk to one of the thousands of people that seemingly never set foot in any public space besides a parking garage or a starbucks and you suddenly understand why it’s so easy for fascist rhetoric about the dangerous alien to take root. this country’s median voter pretty much never interacts with strangers who aren’t their coworkers or people they met on dating apps

saw a post on instagram that was literally someone citing statistics saying public transit is one of the safest travel options out there and the comments were literally just “ummmmm op this is so ableist and misogynistic of you :) don’t you know the average public transit user is a dangerous violent criminal who wants to set you on fire :)))”

it must be so terrifying and sad to go through life convinced if you set foot outside your car in public or interact with people outside your nuclear family you’ll instantly be raped and robbed by the Evil Poors no wonder so many of these people are reactionary tar pits

I’m as terrified of the public as any other Minnesotan…. and I am a single woman, and a disabled person (who can’t drive because of it), so I’m at least somewhat sensitive to ableism and misogyny, and to the various dangers faced by disabled women in public spaces

….And I’d choose a bus or train over an Uber or taxi or a ride in a casual acquaintance’s car, anytime, no question, not even a hard choice.

Reason: “scared of other people i don’t know very well” intensifies hugely when I have to be ALONE with the other person.

Safety in numbers. Safety in plentiful witnesses to whatever any creep on that bus tries to do

Also, safety in a very large vehicle being driven by someone who actually had to pass stringent driving tests. (Can’t forget that the biggest danger of road travel, by far, is… being on a road, with cars.)