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You've changed the hypothetical completely - originally it was someone being verbally offensive, and was talking about their own rape. Now your hypothetical person is trying to forcefully displace someone from their seat. Neither of these (not even the more banal "move, I want that seat") are okay to say - and I would be open to a self-defense argument there.
Sure. But I disagree that poor judgement in this case amounts to any level of guilt. Even though we live in an imperfect world where crime occurs, we should avoid blaming people for being victimised to avoid legitimising crime.
If you break into a private establishment, then yes, things become grayer. I am okay with actual lethal violence in that case, and might even overlook rape - just on the principle that once you trespass you essentially forfeit all your rights.
But again, this doesn't map to the original hypothetical, because "the bad part of town" is not private property (not even at night), and the public has a (pro-social) right to be there.
Only if those actions are inherently bad (like breaking and entering, obstructing the duties of law enforcement, etc), if they are good/neutral, then the only people to blame are the criminals who enforce these wholly illegitimate consequences.
My point is that some behaviors are sufficiently bad that they cause a known reaction and it is in part your fault for causing that reaction.
This is an important point that is lost in many domains, and as others have pointed out - one of those is bullying.
The stance of many here is that this guy (and good) fucked around and found out. They made mistakes that anyway with any clear thinking would not because they are known to be both avoidable and potentially deadly.
Don't fight the police while carrying a gun is like the most basic thing you can think of (not that "don't fight the police at all" isn't one of the biggest pieces of advice everyone gives their kids). While many on the left don't understand guns, this is mostly equivalent to saying "don't attack the police with a deadly weapon or you might get dead."
The idea that "he wasn't going to use it" is not tenable in a real life situation because everyone claims they weren't or aren't including people actively shooting you...... I.... I don't think most people on the left actually understand how the world works anymore.
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