Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
I completely agree with the first paragraph excerpted here.

As for the second--what would you call, not "bad," (which carries moralistic tones) but maybe "undesirable" in our democracy? If not an attempted coup, what? It would be better if we stop trying to create Marvel comic book heroes and villains out of our legislators and their constituents--which as you said, is totally perpetrated by the media--but let's get real. People were incited by our outgoing President to attack the Capitol building and inflict harm on people who were trying to uphold the democratic process most of us are happy to abide by. Is that a response you find to be OK? I don't blame the Republican Party for that horrific response to January 6 proceedings, but I blame them if they support the players--either by overt or tacit agreement with the behavior or by keeping quiet in order to follow the Party line and protect their own agendas.
Not a few Republicans--like Barry Loudermilk, Lauren Boebert and others--actively aided the insurrectionists, and countless others--including Trump--are still championing the thugs who carried it off.