“I intend to be the one giving consolation not receiving it.”
I understand, appreciate, and agree with your view. However, most conservatives, knowing that they mean no harm, are unprepared and unwarned that they are about to be attacked. The biggest and most awesome fighter in the world can be taken out if he is unprepared for an attack. The woman I was thinking of who assaulted a boy for wearing a MAGA hat got caught and punished. But that is very much the exception.
I was knocked unconscious twice in actual high school riots even though I was on alert. (Today it is called The Knockout Game. Then, it was just a hit and run assault.) It’s the rare event where you see the assault coming and can defend yourself.
I don’t know how to respond to that other than to shrug my shoulders.
Violent leftism is today’s reality. Some people are going to get hurt. Be prepared.