I feel badly for beachgoers in Orange County who took a pasting in press and social media for being “idiots” who don’t care about others, “idiots” who don’t grasp science, and “idiots” willing to kill people by defying because-science public safety orders.

I feel badly for these “idiots” and their lack of vision. All they had to do was protest and …

Hold up. That’s EXACTLY what these “idiots” were doing. Protesting. Peacefully. By the ocean with a smile on their face.

For future reference, social justice wins out over social distancing when the peaceful protest is held in tandem with violent rioting. That seems to be the deciding difference.

Meanwhile, just up the 405 from Huntington Beach…