sure....but I don't think they are "start a civil war" kind of dangerous. I don't think we are going to see anything like 1/6 again. Most of the people that were in that mob weren't Proud Boys, Boogaloos, 3%ers, Oath Keepers, or any other organized group. They were bank executives and insurance salesmen who lost their damn minds because Trump whipped them into a frenzy with lies and then told them to go do some treason. I also don't think that those "normies" are going to do it again. Most of them are probably sitting at home shitting their pants and looking in their rear view mirrors and crying anytime they see a dark Suburban in traffic.
I think those people realize they were pretty dumb and have severely injured their prospects because of it and aren't going to be up to doing it again. I think that goes for most of the people who felt the same way and watched on TV. They are probably pretty happy they aren't in the FBIs sights right now.
1/6 failed to accomplish a single goal that anyone there had and everyone there is much worse off for having done it. That's going to sour most peoples taste for fighting.
These groups will still be around, but they aren't going to have 50 or 60 thousand pawns to run interference for them while they try a coup.
On their own, however, they are still dangerous. I'm not really worried about another 1/6 type of attack, but I am pretty worried about the prospect of smaller attacks that will kill people. I expect them to go after soft targets like malls, synagogues/mosques/black churches, etc. These might be gun attacks or bombings.
We can avoid this though. We need to come down hard on the people responsible for 1/6. When you let fascists off easy it usually comes back to bite you later on. We also need to get proactive and go after these far right groups before they are able to cause mayhem. Use everything at our disposal like federal gun laws, racketeering, money laundering, terrorism laws, etc. Keep them on the run and unable to catch their breath long enough to hit back. We have taken down large criminal organizations before, these guys aren't fundamentally different.
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