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I guess what I’m looking for is some consistency in messaging. Right now it looks like tribe allegiance is the leading factor for opinions on Jan 6th and all of

• augustt 6y ago
  The most basic reason is that people honestly do not believe “antifa” (convenient way to ascribe organization where there is very little, but ok) violence is an existential threat to the US. Violence over racial justice has happened before and it will happen again. And of course, people will try to use it as an excuse to delegitimize real grievances. I don’t think this country has ever seen a president whip his 74M person base into a frenzy over a completely false narrative, with the specific purpose of overthrowing democracy. A huge chunk of people losing faith in democracy will lead us down a scary path, if we’ve learned anything from history.