The media is prepping the undocumented tour of the capitol as some big threat to democracy.
I've heard individuals calling the protestors terrorists, terrorists are people you show no pity and execute without a trail.
They did something similar with Trump supporters=nazis to justify violence, silencing and discriminating basically anyone right of center.
How do you guys see this play out and what do center left average people think of all of this?
Honestly, I think "domestic terrorist" is going to be the new buzzword for anyone who is to the right of Stalin/Mao in ideology. They've run the "alt-right Nazi" label into the ground so they have to go for something even more extreme and polarizing - and with more brutal implications. By branding someone a "terrorist", that gives them free reign to do whatever, without impunity, to that person.
That shit is scary as hell, because if we thought that the violence against anyone to the right of center was bad before, this will escalate it even further. People like Antifa nutballs and BlueAnon conspiracy theorists will feel even more justified in their unpersoning of the individuals they see as threats to their ideology and will act accordingly. Quite honestly, if I were someone with even centrist beliefs, much less right-wing, I'd be seriously considering getting myself on the "trained, armed, and carrying" train if my state/local laws allowed for it. As the saying goes, "God made man, but Smith & Wesson made them all equal." Protect your own freedoms, because the government damn sure isn't going to.
It also means there's really no barrier to entry on domestic terrorism.
The saying was about Samuel Colt.
Thanks for the correction. I either mis-heard it in the past or mis-remembered it.