There is a mindset with certain dates. Before and after. In my lifetime it's 9/11 and 2020/pandemic. Those two dates significantly and fundamentally changed life as we know it. For my parents it was the assassination of JFK, 9/11 and 2020. In my grandparents' day it would have been the attack on Pearl Harbor, JFK and 9/11.

In all of these there is a very specific before and after. January 6 doesn't have that same effect. Did some crazy stuff happen? Yes. Did it significantly alter how we live our lives? No. Actually it didn't register in my daily life at all. There may be a cumulative effect that comes to a head at some point, but in no way does that day have the same gravitas those other dates do.

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