It used to be Americans were live and let live, but republicans found a tool, an idea, a tactic given the diverse nature of human nature and today it is their primary weapon used to make diversity and the other into something inhuman. Being 'woke' is now somehow bad, of course what does woke even mean. It should mean consideration but no, it means you are accepting, respectful, and all of sudden acceptance is bad. What a weird nation we are becoming, right wing extremism from the republicans and from the so called religious is a challenge to humanity. History show that. OP covers one aspect.
'Luke Mogelson on the Far-Right, the Militia Movement, and the Threat of Trumpism'
'It’s no secret that right wing extremism has been on the rise over the last few decades in the United States, a militia-based movement that came to forefront of national consciousness on January 6, 2021, as an unruly mob stormed the Capitol Building. We talked to Luke Mogelson, author of The Storm is Here: Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, about what it all means, and where it might be going.'
https://lithub.com/luke-mogelson-on-the-far-right-the-militia-movement-and-the-threat-of-trumpism/