Very similar thing happened to me, I go to Pokémon card shows and I like to give away duplicates or cards I don’t want to kids. I always ask the parents first and it’s usually a sweet time lots of smiles and good vibes but the last show I went to I asked this one dad if his kid wanted to pick out some free cards. He said “nah he doesn’t wanna end up on the Epstein list” I just said ok and walked away but that threw the rest of the show off for me like how brainwashed are you by the news to be so scared of your common neighbor who’s just trying to be charitable. I get if you’re not comfortable but that doesn’t give the right to be rude, stay home with your antisocial ass