Hiding out and laying low, is the wrong response to thuggery, You only embolden them by shrinking back and being passive.
If you want the thugs change threir behavior, you have to kick them in the teeth.
If you want the thugs change threir behavior, you have to kick them in the teeth.
.....and right between the gonads if they have any. But you're right, hiding out is what's gotten us to the point we're at. Confrontation and fighting back is more appropriate as that is the only language the left seems to understand.