Hate, generalizations, and assumptions: three things that make any situation worse.
We saw it with the BLM situation.
We had peaceful protesters who are upset and angered over police violence against blacks and who legitimately feel underrepresented in government, we had people engaged in criminal activities (looting, arson, etc.), and we had people who advocated violence and sometimes even the murder of white people. (I saw the videos, so don’t tell me it’s not true.)
These distinct groups were not the same even though they all came out in force during the riots and protests. (Some were protests and some were riots. It depends on what occurred at that location.)
Now we come to today with the Trump situation & the storming the capitol.
We have people who are upset with the way the election was conducted; we have people who legitimately feel underrepresented in government and feel the left is taking away their freedoms but only supported Trump because no one else is standing for them; we have people who are Trump loyalists who see him as some sort of savior (a cult of personality); and we have those who are racist and hateful; and you have those who want to overthrow the government. These are not necessarily the same people.
People often lump diverse groups together and then hate people who don’t deserve to be hated.
People with no intent on violence protesting how blacks are treated or how the election is conducted are not the same people as those who destroyed or stole property or who wish violence against white people or black people and are not the same people as those who wish to violently overthrow the government.
Hate doesn’t make the situation better, and lumping different diverse groups together doesn’t make things better, especially when hate, retaliation, and violence are targeted at innocent people.