vls12345
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"Concord Assistant City Planner Beth Fenstermacher, who oversees the trail ranger position. “I still go out on the trails every single morning with my dog. But you know, just be more mindful and watch what’s happening around you.”
Is she implying, suggesting ... ?
Can you please explain what you think the assistant planner is suggesting? I'm not following. Thanks.
I don’t want to speak for the previous poster, but I personally thought the City Planner’s quote sounded a bit like victim blaming—as though the Reids’ inattentiveness or failure to be “mindful” while hiking is somehow to blame for their murders.
I hadn't really taken the City Planner's statement as victim-blaming, more as an appeasement to people who want to use the trails but feel too worried by the murders to do so. I got the impression the City Planner is not as much of a "worrier" and feels like the likelihood of a similar crime to be small. Totally jmo so I am glad to read your opinion because it didn't even cross my mind as possibly being victim-blaming. I can see now how it could be read that way.
I saw it more as people having different comfort levels with potential risk. (And in this case, the risk became apparent after the murders so that's why I didn't initially see it as victim-blaming in any way.)
MOO.