I assume then you must be from the USA, because your gender and religion argument is not really an issue in the rest of the world. People don’t really mind and don’t get triggered by this, since nobody is doing this with the intent to hurt anyone.
I speak from a local perspective from what I see and what I hear. I was waiting on a station for a tram, and a couple of shady dudes, clearly not locals, were constantly going up and down the station, looking at me, going around me and often behind me although there was more place in front of me where I can see them. I DO NOT WANT TO FEAR if they will attack me!
I was walking with a few friends throughout the center, when we noticed a group of them following us. We turn into a street, they turn into a street. We move faster, they move faster. We slow down, they slow down. When we finally stopped, turned around and looked at them, then they went on somewhere else.
I do feel fear with them around me. You can’t deny that. You can’t understand that unless you are in the same situation. It’s easy for you to be “righteous” when you don’t need to live in that way. Fear for yourself, for your friends, for your family.
And there is no fucking reason why I or anyone else should fear walking around at any time of day or night. How much crime was avoided, but the intent to do it was there? I can say I never fealt so in danger around locals. NEVER. And here we are, with people justifying why I should apparently live in fear because that’s the right thing to do.
I assume then you must be from the USA, because your gender and religion argument is not really an issue in the rest of the world. People don’t really mind and don’t get triggered by this, since nobody is doing this with the intent to hurt anyone.
I speak from a local perspective from what I see and what I hear. I was waiting on a station for a tram, and a couple of shady dudes, clearly not locals, were constantly going up and down the station, looking at me, going around me and often behind me although there was more place in front of me where I can see them. I DO NOT WANT TO FEAR if they will attack me!
I was walking with a few friends throughout the center, when we noticed a group of them following us. We turn into a street, they turn into a street. We move faster, they move faster. We slow down, they slow down. When we finally stopped, turned around and looked at them, then they went on somewhere else.
I do feel fear with them around me. You can’t deny that. You can’t understand that unless you are in the same situation. It’s easy for you to be “righteous” when you don’t need to live in that way. Fear for yourself, for your friends, for your family.
And there is no fucking reason why I or anyone else should fear walking around at any time of day or night. How much crime was avoided, but the intent to do it was there? I can say I never fealt so in danger around locals. NEVER. And here we are, with people justifying why I should apparently live in fear because that’s the right thing to do.
jfc you have an anecdote where nothing happened but you felt scurred? Your poor feelings! Grow the fuck up you idiot.