Really is a horrible thing when the party of ‘law and order’ are breaching the Capitol and acting like what they’re doing is fine. Not sure if they understand the irony of calling Antifa a terrorist organization and referring to BLM as the same.
They literally stormed the capitol, broke through doors, attacked police, defaced areas, and so on and so forth. Same thing that they referred to as criminals.
I don't think the U.S. is on the path towards reconciliation and this was clear when Trump got elected in 2016. Trump is a symptom of the division and polarization, not the cause. The Trump supporters that stormed the building are akin to the radicals we saw in June that set buildings on fire so it is not better to be doing the same violent behavior that was universally condemned back in June from everyone on the right. Trump is responsible for riling up his rabid far right base, this should not have happened. From what I gather though, it does seem like democrats are slightly more enraged at the events taking place today than they were when BLM were mass looting and rioting for months straight resulting in 30+ people dead over the summer. To each their own, I guess.
I'm not too sure what the path forward is. I don't think the average far right Trump supporter is a conservative. They seem to have adopted their own brand of conservatism and created "Trumpism". This means you'll have politicians abandon conservative values and constitutional principles to appease the Trump base for their votes -- see Ted Cruz who nearly committed political suicide today which forced him to immediately tweet condemnations of the rioting. You can bet when he runs in 2024 he'll be asked why contested the election results which resulted in the US Capitol to be invaded. He'll have 3 years to think of an answer though.
2021 may not be it, 2022 here we come!
Totally, though there is something a bit different when it comes to raiding the US capitol compared to rioting in the streets and destroying buildings and such. Both events are totally horrible and it’s not okay at all, though I think it is a bit more severe when it happens in the US capitol. May disagree with me there, though I think what I’m saying makes some sense.
Yeah no, Trumpies are not conservatives by any means. They’re just followers of Trump and what he says and does. They do not adhere to traditional conservative / republicans policies at all. Weird.