Oh, FFS, if you want sympathy, don’t attack innocent people. If you attack them, they will hate you.
Also, as it usually goes, denying people their freedom of movement isn’t a “minor inconvenience”. Denying people fundamental rights will make them hate you really a lot.
Also also, I doubt you’ll get accusations of virtue signaling if you say “I don’t know what to do” or something equivalent.
Well, if the point was effectiveness, you’d have already learned that this happens.