I’m going to disagree with this. My views are based not just on what the media presented but what people who were actually tbere live streamed. Sure there were peaceful people (just as there were peaceful people hanging around the Floyd riots but the media only showed the worst bits). None of that alters or minimizes or excuses the the actions of all those hundreds of people pushing their way through barricades, breaking windows, smashing through doors, and bearing the crap out of overwhelmed police with metal poles, metal bats, etc. I will never the sight of that poor policeman dragged down the stairs and beaten as he lay there face down. Nothing can or SHOULD ever try to minimize what was done that day by people who called themselves ”patriots”. Do you know who the real patriots are? They are the ones who stopped short of breaking in …who turned away…who REALIZED things were going to far and wanted no part of it. Those are the only people who have the right to call themselves peaceful and patriots.
I feel strongly about this, as you can tell, so this not directed at you, but the overall situation where people are actively trying to minimize it. They ought to talk to the officers who were there, some of whom were injured so badly they were forced to retire.
There several major events that stick in my mind as something I couldn’t believe what was happening:
Oklahoma City
Space Shiputtle Challenger
9/11
and watching January 6 unfold in real time.
Every damn one of those broke in should be charged with something.