Violence against innocent civilians is unequivocally worse than violence against the government, regardless of the politics that motivate it.

You also seem to miss the point that violence by the pro-Trump protestors had no hope of actually capturing control of the government. Interfering with its operations for a time, sure. But not actual control. That's just not how any of this works.

The only hope the pro-Trump faction had (and a slim hope at that) was to peacefully pressure Mike Pence into refusing to count the ballots from contested states.

Your feelings aside, many people do genuinely disagree with you.