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.
The day after the assassination attempt, one "friend" said in Discord (blech) "you know, that looked staged."
I said "don't you dare even start." I was basically feigning outrage that someone could suggest a retarded conspiracy theory. Then this other guy who is always the contrarian fucker in that channel said "Why shouldn't we leave that door open? We don't know anything yet."
I wanted to reach across the Internet and grab his shoulders and shake that fucker and tell him "What the HELL is wrong with you?"
I posted mainstream sources that they use that they know I hate using confirming it was a bona fide assassination attempt.
I know WHY they wanted to think it's staged or a conspiracy by Trump to do it. It's because it is their way with coping with the fact that everything they advocated for and thought of was wrong. It is their way of repeatedly denying that they themselves are the bad guys. "it was staged/a cover up" is absolutely fucking unhinged denial that right now the left lost any mandate of morality in the US.