They're genuinely scared they will end up on some list, and Trump or others will take their revenge. Because it's been done so much on the left, the return volley is now scary to them.
Since they truly believe Trump is Hitler, they're expecting camps. So, they are deliberately keeping their mouths shut until "freedom reigns".
The others are trying to conspiracy theory the idea it was fake, or act like it never happened.
Just like how all the college kids with their Tumblr ideology was just a phase and that we just had to sit on our hands forever and the real world would give them the reality check they needed after they graduated?
You have created a false dichotomy between unrelenting interpersonal violence and passivism.
That personal violence is what has generated most of the blowback on the right. STOP DEMANDING THE RIGHT FAIL BY PURSUING ONLY BAD STRATEGIES.
Get a fucking grip and learn how to gatekeep and build.
I'm taking issue with your characterization of their rage as impotent because leaving their madness unchecked for so long has had consequences. You shouldn't downplay the importance of their behavior.
And I'm saying that their rage (particularly the example in my fictional story) is fundamentally impotent.
And to be clear, their rage typically is impotent. The issue is that it's not on it's own, and is used as a rallying point for political action by monied actors.
They would have stayed on Tumblr if it was not for the direct action of activists class to weaponize them as aggressively as possible.
We are not ruled by a slew of communist-furry-trannies on the internet because communist-furry-trannies have high competence and ambition. They were placed into positions of power on internet forums because of their utility as an enforcer. If that hadn't happened, their rage would have been impotent.
Does an emerging religion usually require the backing of moneyed interests in order to spread and accrue influence or does it accumulate financial investors as a result of its newfound influence and widespread adoption?