This happened to me at red light in Claremont (a Cape Town suburb.) Stopped at a red light at night and was ambushed by a guy wielding a crowbar. Hit the gas just in time and went straight through the light without checking for traffic.

It seems to me like this whole issue became political. Progressive left: SA crime rates aren't that bad, Whites have it good there. They are privileged. Conservative right: SA is collapsing into a mayhem of corruption, rape and murders. As usual we are all mostly captives of our world views and opinions and talk past each other. I am starting to see myself more and more in the political center because of these biases on both sides.

"Both sides" is not a particularly good cognitive tool, in my experience. They are mostly illusory sides anyway, there are as many sides as there are people. I've personally even been accused of having "inconsistent political views" at times, as if it was a cardinal sin.

Have you heard of something called "luxury belief" by any chance? seems fashionable these days to spout obvious nonsense.

> there are as many sides as there are people.

I think you are mistaken, many people completely align themselves with their ideology and the political camp they belong to. It's becoming very uncommon to voice a different opinion that is contrary to the "tribe" you belong to. Try saying something good that Trump has done (could be anything, surely there must be something) to democrats and tell me how it went.