> They are standing up for what they believe in. They think of themselves as patriots, as John Wilkes Booth did: > He had spent so much time among like-minded

> They are standing up for what they believe in. They think of themselves as patriots, as John Wilkes Booth did: > He had spent so much time among like-minded people who hated Lincoln, and he had read so many accounts denouncing Lincoln as a tyrant bent on destroying the Constitution and "personal liberty" that he expected to be hailed as a hero. > Instead he was stunned to learn that he was being hunted down like a beast, while Lincoln was held up throughout much of the nation as a martyred saint. > Source for this: The bibliography in my biography of Lincoln. * https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1347229880635645952 https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/134722988063564595... > “This is not America,” a woman said to a small group, her voice shaking. She was crying, hysterical. “They’re shooting at us. They’re supposed to shoot BLM, but they’re shooting the patriots.” * https://archive.is/tZVFs https://archive.is/tZVFs (for paywall) * https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions/ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-trump-ins...