Yep. But public spaces in context of the larger discussion at hand refers to universities as well. Nobody's saying that we should turn main street of podunk, O

Yep. But public spaces in context of the larger discussion at hand refers to universities as well. Nobody's saying that we should turn main street of podunk, OH into a designated safe place (though, it says a lot about the culture in america that it is decidedly NOT a safe place to be if you're LGBTQ/POC/etc).