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 Looking at how the J6 narrative played out, I suspect that they've been moving about as close to full-blown incitement as they dare. If a few hotheads -- or, more likely, carefully groomed letter agency stooges -- pop off then that likely helps them as they've shown competency in spinning that narrative for their cause. 

People have also been conditioned post-COVID to conflate legitimate protest as selfish self-interest and people unwilling to suffer 'for the greater good'. 

Knowing that the media is happy for any excuse to inflame passions in this arena, I'm not sure how effective a protest might ultimately be unless you were somehow manage to make it a bi-partisan issue. Maybe bring in a bunch of Centrists with rational arguments against the growing spread of government overreach and tyranny.