I wasn’t directly attacked but my friend and I had the same experience in our 60% Trump area.
We weren’t together when each incident happened, but they’re so similar I’ll describe them together.
We were just at the checkout: me at a convenience store; my friend at a major grocery store chain.
So, we couldn’t reasonably move away. We had to stand there to pay for our purchases.
An old man encroached my space; an old woman encroached my friend’s space. We both politely asked them to step back for social distancing, and they refused.
I wish I had my friend’s ability to think and speak on his feet. After he checked out, he told the old lady “I asked for you to do something, that cost you nothing. All you had to do was take a few steps back. I hope in the future, if you ask someone the same, they treat you like you did to me.”
As for me? Even though I just said my request and didn’t respond further, the guy was a huge jerk who tailgated me for several miles in his huge pickup truck. Like headlights in my mirror tailgating… during the day.
Who tf cares that much? Honestly… just take a few steps back. Doesn’t cost you anything, like my friend said.
From the photo, they look pretty easy to swim under. Just a waste of money, plastic and rusting metal for posturing more culture wars.