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> The problem is that the Capitol Riots represent the extreme 1/2 of ALL America.

Actually there were very few people rioting. The vast majority of the people were peacefully demonstrating when a few violent individuals took the opportunity to act contrary to the purpose of the demonstration.

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a few violent individuals? A few? From the videos I've seen it was far more than a few individuals with ill intentions.

relative to the size of the crowd it was very few. I'd say less than a hundred.

The vast majority were cheering on the "rioters" because the defended choke points could only fit so many people.

the vast majority didn't know what was happening because they weren't even at the Capitol. According to the videos I have seen, there were people blocking the chokepoints so that others couldn't interfere with the ones who were breaching the door.

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