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The guest writer of this opinion piece is Kevin Baron, assistant professor of political science and public management at APSU. His research interests are the American presidency, congress, legislative development and the policy making process, political power, institutional reforms and the Freedom of Information Act.
The difficulty in assessing the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 that left at least five people dead is that there are so many factors that fed into the incident. The spectacle of violence is one that right-wing extremists have grounded their view of politics and society within. As historian Suzanne Schneider recently reminded us, “far-right movements fetishize violence as the premier form of civic participation.” The bigger question that remains unanswered is where do we go from here?