I, like 99.9% of those that attended did not go to fight. We went to support our country, our president. Violence was inevitable based on history with "counter protests". (Are you proud of that?)
Rambo I am not. I am though happily married to a wonderful woman 40 years together. As much as I would have liked to jump in a car and drive 3500 miles to hear Trump out of respect for her I did not. Turns out my wife was more attuned than those in charge of security for the Capitol.
What, if anything, would influence you to lose that urge?
I make no secret of my belief attraction to Trump is irresistible; IOW, for most, it is not a choice. I support this with :
Tracking all of President Trump's false or misleading ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/
In four years, President
Trump made
30,573 false or misleading claims The Fact Checker's database of the false or misleading claims made by President
Trump while in office. Updated Jan. 20, 2021 ...
Trump and allies filed scores of lawsuits, tried to convince state legislatures to take action, organized protests and held hearings.. None of it worked.
www.usatoday.com
Jan. 6. 2021
Trump Lost 59 Election Cases Before Electoral College Vote
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-election-court-losses-electoral-college
WASHINGTON — President Donald
Trump had another brutal weekend in
court, with the US Supreme
Court and other judges across the country rejecting his latest efforts to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden..
Marty Baron regrets the Washington Post's reluctance to call out Trump's lies 'from the very beginning'
www.mediaite.com
Marty Baron Regrets the Washington Post’s Reluctance to Call Out Trump’s ‘Lies’ From ‘Very Beginning’
By
Reed Richardson Feb 10th, 2021
....
The soon-to-retire executive editor defends the idea of journalistic objectivity. “It’s not neutrality, it’s not both-sides-ism, it’s not so-called balance,” he says.
www.newyorker.com
Marty Baron Considers His Time at the Washington Post
The soon-to-retire executive editor defends the idea of journalistic objectivity. “It’s not neutrality, it’s not both-sides-ism, it’s not so-called balance,” he says.
Feb. 7, 2021 - By
Isaac Chotiner
"... Less than a year after Baron arrived at the Post, it was bought by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who invested significant resources in the paper. ..
...
Why do you think Bezos decided to buy the Post?
...Well, first of all—I realize that people are going to roll their eyes at these sorts of things—but I think, and I think this has been proved, that he actually believes in the mission of journalism; that he thinks it’s really important for a democracy; that he believes in democracy quite firmly; ..
How often do you talk to him? I participate in the meetings that we have. That’s typically once every two weeks, three weeks, or something like that. Sometimes we go for a while without any meetings. It’s not as regular as perhaps it once was, but every few weeks we have a meeting. And I’m not the only one there.
Was there a different editorial process for Amazon stories? None. Zero. None. There’s just no different process. ..
He hasn’t interfered in any way whatsoever with our coverage..."
Martin Baron's contributions to American journalism ...
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/martin-barons-contributions-to-american-journalism/
Under the private ownership of Amazon founder
Jeff Bezos,
Baron has had the dollars to expand his newsroom and to launch deep investigations of Trump's finances and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, investigations that have merited Pulitzer Prizes and shout-outs to
Baron.
Amazon: How CEO Jeff Bezos Reacted to 'Negative' Wash Post ...
https://fortune.com/2017/10/27/amazon-jeff-bezos-washington-post/
Donald Trump has called it the "Amazon Washington Post" after
Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper. Here's what Amazon's CEO really does there.