A New York Times opinion writer has been ripped for claiming that straphangers scared of “half-naked lunatics” menacing Big Apple subways need therapy for “imaginary monsters.” Elizabeth Spiers sparked incredulity with her condescending response to the suggestion that a “polite society” is “one where people can safely ride the subway to work or take their children out in public without being accosted & menaced by half-naked lunatics.” “Hi – New Yorker here,” wrote Spiers, who is also a Democratic pollster and NYU journalism professor. “I’ve safely ridden the subway for 23 years and my child has never been menaced by...
