But I lived through it too. Under a Democratic governor, no less. Want to guess what fraction of people I know who were literally locked in their homes? What about you--what's your fraction? (You might know someone who was sufficiently belligerent about not complying with orders to close businesses to actually get their store locked by the authorities. I know someone who likely would have been that stubborn, had they been running a business.)

Yes, there were cases where people got in trouble for violating stay-at-home orders, e.g. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_e7c0a2a0-7369-11ea-9de7-030a7a7fbef3.html, and yes, businesses were closed and people were cited: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/cops-closed-44-businesses-cited-842-people-for-violating-coronavirus-lockdown-in-newark-in-1-week.html. But it's not remotely like you're characterizing it.

So, seriously--why are you phrasing things the way you are? I can understand why you would in some contexts where shock value is key and accuracy is not. There is such a thing as exaggerating for effect. But the whole point here was taking a reasonable outlook!

If the answer is: Republican-mindset propaganda has replaced actual awareness of one's own experiences, rendering the hyperbolic statements inspired by reality indistinguishable from what actually happened, well, then, that's pretty bad.

So, again, my question stands: what reasonable person in their right mind would vote for MTG? Or are there a rather frightening number of people who are not in their right mind and/or are not reasonable?