I don’t believe that a substantial portion of Trump supporters would see people who are put into prison because of being charged with treason for attacking the United States Capitol as martyrs or heros. There’s room for a bipartisan consensus that attacking the United States Capitol is wrong and should be punished by law.
The rule of law should be the prime driver of the reaction towards violence whether it comes from Trump supporters or Antifa.
I mostly agree! I just don’t have an awful lot of confidence that the state won’t over-react and do something stupid to these people. Their fears there are not entirely unjustified, I’m afraid: the US has a history of messing up criminal justice pretty badly.
I have already heard people “in the wild” referring to those who broke into the Capitol as Patriots, though. That’s just one step from Hero.
I don’t believe that a substantial portion of Trump supporters would see people who are put into prison because of being charged with treason for attacking the United States Capitol as martyrs or heros. There’s room for a bipartisan consensus that attacking the United States Capitol is wrong and should be punished by law.
The rule of law should be the prime driver of the reaction towards violence whether it comes from Trump supporters or Antifa.
I mostly agree! I just don’t have an awful lot of confidence that the state won’t over-react and do something stupid to these people. Their fears there are not entirely unjustified, I’m afraid: the US has a history of messing up criminal justice pretty badly.
I have already heard people “in the wild” referring to those who broke into the Capitol as Patriots, though. That’s just one step from Hero.