Ah, I see now where we diverge. Something I’ve never said during this whole era of Trump was (and this is going to sound awful) that I was always just waiting for him to overstep, violence to ensue, and blood to be shed. Because only that could break the spell of Trumpism. Only that. And that has now happened.
You can see why I’ve never voiced this. It’s a shocking thing to say. But it colors how I see the rioting at our nation’s Capitol. The way I see that event, it’s what shook awake the people that needed to be shaken awake. Until that happened, the guard was down, but now the guard is up. Not to say there aren’t angry deluded fools out there (these we will have with us always) but they will no longer walk with entitlement. Even if they don’t fully realize that yet, they will meet with very different conditions next they venture out. And that will be apparent to them then even if it isn’t now.