Bringing up the groups like proud boys and oath keepers etc is just more embarrassing.
These groups are literally organized around the idea of upholding the principle of rule of law and so on. They should/did know full well they shouldn't go in, but someone waves to them and they just wander in like sheepish idiots.
I get that you respect what they stand for. But sometimes people don't live up to their values.
All the Trump protestors are people who go by the mantra of being the party of law and order. But on this occasion, for these particular people, it was apparently virtue signalling, because they dropped that idea at the drop of a hat.
I think the mistake you all make is thinking that these people who align with you are as smart as you. But they're not.
That's not a slight to you, just an admission that a movement is not a monolith.
You did the right thing and stayed home. Or if you had gone you would have stuck to the march.
These people fucked up