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Really. I don't know how exactly looks day to day life in other countries but my country feels extremely safe compared to what I sometimes read about the US or Western Europe (not to mention countries like Brazil or Mexico or some African countries). To be honest people here in Poland don't even think about such things as being killed or just even mugged randomly because chances it would happen are lower than winning at EuroJackpot.
Western Europe reporting in, I don't really ever get afraid of being killed, it's hardly a thing. I think it might either be a US only thing (because you know... guns) or just you and me getting a distorted view of what the sentiment actually is across the pond because we're only seeing it through the Internet.
As a gay men living in western Europe, I do feel unsafe. Probably not as much as I would feel if I was living in other parts of the world, but still.
To be fair I feel unsafe around eastern groups of people, no surprise there.
You have "GAY" tattoo on your forehead or what?
What if I do?
Why do you feel unsafe then? How do you differ from any other men that you feel unsafe as a gay person?
Speaking for the US, there is selection bias for violence in the news. Most people have no need to fear violence in their daily lives. There is sometimes aggression, especially from cops and others with delusions of authority. But it's rare that it escalates to outright physical violence.
That said, and speaking to the meme, if you don't pay to live violence will be swift and unambiguous.
May I ask, what is this magical dystopian country of yours?
Any homogenous country.