They should, too.
They’re violent revolutionaries who tried to overthrow our government, and cracking down on them helps deter such behavior in the future.
“They lost jobs or entire careers. Marriages fell apart. Friends and relatives shunned them or even reported them to the FBI. Strangers have sent them hate mail and online threats. And they have racked up expensive legal bills to defend themselves against federal charges,” AOL News says (here). Boo hoo. I have no sympathy for them; they asked for it.
The AOL article is also about how some of them are seeking to profit from their participation in the insurrection in various ways, and government efforts to confiscate those tainted fruits of crime.
For example, “federal authorities have seized tens of thousands of dollars from a defendant who sold his footage from Jan. 6. In another case, a Florida man’s plea deal allows the U.S. government to collect profits from any book he gets published over the next five years. And prosecutors want a Maine man who raised more than $20,000 from supporters to surrender some of the money because a taxpayer-funded public defender is representing him.”
In another case, prosecutors used a defendant’s fundraising as justification for a hefty fine as part of his sentence for punching a police officer. And the IRS apparently is denying non-profit tax exemptions to groups fundraising for riot defendants.
One potential buyer of riot footage, from a guy who assaulted cops, is podcaster Joe Rogan. If Rogan inks a deal with this guy, will you still believe his claims that he isn’t a sympathizer of rightwing cranks, quacks, and domestic terrorists?