Annette, those in opposition to water fluoridation have a variety of reasons as to why they do not want it forced on them or their loved ones. I think the core issue is that it requires force by the city to mandate that water customers ingest, absorb and inhale an optional and non-essential substance added to the water supply. To you it is harmless, but to many it seems like aggression when the entity with a monopoly on deadly force (police and courts) adds an impure industrial waste product to their water without their consent.

As for you being accosted by anti-fluoride people. There are rude and belligerent individuals in just about every group. If you felt harassed and especially in danger I hope you called 911 and reported it to the police. If it was in public I imagine there were witnesses that could back up your story. Better still would be to record an incident with your phone as proof and give to the police. If you did take a video, please reply with a link to view it.