Thanks for this informative post. It’s depressing that people are so ignorant and selfish, who care more for their own convenience than for the actual lives of other people. In a democracy we’re supposed to elect leaders who are responsible for the common good not to give over their decision-making to the loudest and most self-centered few.
This is such a tough one! The vast majority of [white ]people no longer get penalized for exceeding the speed limit (for example). The City of Seattle recently 1) lowered the speed limit on city streets and 2) began posting “no right turn on red light” at problematic intersections. Both of these changes were made for the safety of EVERYONE!
Yet I never have seen a single person get pulled over for disregarding either of those, and most people do not abide by them in my observation.
It seems a little like we have become so accustomed to skimming electronics messages, missing significant points, or nor reading them at all that each person has become their own decision-maker. Until of course they suffer from the negligence of another.. then the rule / law / system becomes meaningful, but sadly sometimes it is too late.
You had to make it a race thing. This is why the movement struggles so much, because as crazy as the theories are from the nutcase rightwingers, they're right about the fact that the lefties aren't able to separate their urban design desires from the total revolution. Everything is tied together, safe streets end up inseparable from racial reparations, trans rights, the destruction of Israel, and socialist revolution. There is plenty of reason for the right to believe that if they give an inch on streets you'll take a mile on everythig else because the left *constantly says* that's what they'll do.
Thanks for this informative post. It’s depressing that people are so ignorant and selfish, who care more for their own convenience than for the actual lives of other people. In a democracy we’re supposed to elect leaders who are responsible for the common good not to give over their decision-making to the loudest and most self-centered few.
This is such a tough one! The vast majority of [white ]people no longer get penalized for exceeding the speed limit (for example). The City of Seattle recently 1) lowered the speed limit on city streets and 2) began posting “no right turn on red light” at problematic intersections. Both of these changes were made for the safety of EVERYONE!
Yet I never have seen a single person get pulled over for disregarding either of those, and most people do not abide by them in my observation.
It seems a little like we have become so accustomed to skimming electronics messages, missing significant points, or nor reading them at all that each person has become their own decision-maker. Until of course they suffer from the negligence of another.. then the rule / law / system becomes meaningful, but sadly sometimes it is too late.
You had to make it a race thing. This is why the movement struggles so much, because as crazy as the theories are from the nutcase rightwingers, they're right about the fact that the lefties aren't able to separate their urban design desires from the total revolution. Everything is tied together, safe streets end up inseparable from racial reparations, trans rights, the destruction of Israel, and socialist revolution. There is plenty of reason for the right to believe that if they give an inch on streets you'll take a mile on everythig else because the left *constantly says* that's what they'll do.