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It may be a fear that is not statistically supported, but claiming it is not "based on reality" is, well, not based in reality. This does happen:

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667252788/police-fatally-shoo...

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That's also a completely different circumstance to what she found herself in.

It's quite similar. Don't be black near a police response, it could be fatal.

Right, because humans in fear always carefully consider all aspects of a situation under time pressure, with perfect recall of details they read in the news. I'm sure you'll appreciate people splitting hairs to critique your rationality and recall under pressure next time you react to something.

That's a lot of words to concede that it wasn't based on reality, as the other poster said. :)

I conceded no such thing.

You tried to defend the irrationality of someone experiencing fear.

Is assuming you're in a vacuum based on reality for someone on Earth who is experiencing symptoms of hypoxia like astronauts would?

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