Another one from D1:
The implications of the thinking here are worth thinking about:
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/02/capitol-rioters-arent-other-extremists/171798/
I would draw a distinction between people who violently
broke in and people who followed in.
"Dozens of arrestees, court records indicate, made statements explaining their intentions in detail on social media or in interviews with the FBI. “I am incredibly proud to be a patriot today,” wrote a 37-year-old man from Beverly Hills, California, “to stand up tall in defense of liberty & the Constitution, to support Trump & #MAGAforever, & to send the message: WE ARE NEVER CONCEDING A STOLEN ELECTION.” "
Racial and police wrongs 'justified' the burning, looting and murdering of US cities. One response to this, in addition to prosecuting violence, might be to stop stealing elections.