Leftist Reporter: It is “Bourgeois” to Want to Feel Safe on Public Transit

The New York Subway system is one of the scariest places to be in NYC.

Last week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced an investigation into the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely who died from “compression of neck (chokehold)” after another passenger subdued him.

Over the weekend, protestors marched in the streets and others climbed down and blocked the subway tracks.

But, reporter Emma Vigeland shared that the desire to feel safe on public transit is “bourgeois.”

[b][i]The last time I heard that word was when I was reading a story about the Russian revolution.[/i][/b]

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Richard65 · M

Ok, I saw the report myself. Vigeland's point is that people are more concerned with the potential of being attacked by a mentally ill person than the system itself that allows such a person to wander about on public transport with no support structure that helps them to live an active, productive life. It's the equivalent of fearing a mentally ill person with a gun, when the real issue is the availability of guns to mentally ill people. As usual, the right employs its reductive, simplistic tactic of throwing around straw man arguments. Put another way, the right seeks monochrome answers to rainbow questions. There's no place for nuance, context, complexity and depth, just simplistic point scoring.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Richard65 [quote] a mentally ill person than the system itself that allows such a person to wander about on public transport with no support structure that helps them to live an active, productive life[/quote]

You are blaming one failed leftist policy that is causing the failure of another.

Do you see a pattern Sparky?

Richard65 · M

@Budwick, SAGE journals report that Democratic state legislators sponsored approximately 10,000 bills that included the words “mental health,” and Republican state legislators—despite their historical support of deregulation and privatization—sponsored just over 5,000, half that of Dems. So Reps can hardly claim superiority in their drive to treat mental health. If anything your reply actually confirms my main point, so thanks for that, "Sparky".

Budwick · 70-79, M

@Richard65 [quote]10,000 bills that included the words “mental health,[/quote]

So, that would include bills to dump mental heath programs.

Richard65 · M

@Budwick if you say so. Every unresearched guess you spout reinforces my point. Thanks again.