This false flag Boulder event caused me to reinterpret why the 6th upset them so much and talked about it so long. Shooting after shooting, even the riots last summer, are talked about as long as they have perceived cultural capital to institute policy changes. Once that impact is perceieved to wane, they're onto the next thing. Why?
Because they control those events. Theyre actors. They have written the general plot. The 6th, though, while they had actors there, had real life people join in. And it terrified the shit out of them. Real, everyday people.
I dont think they need to be set against each other. There can be layers and levels to the same event. Obviously, they were hoping for more. But, even with the expectation of literal shootouts, things actually happening is different than planning or expecting or hoping. Similar to any high tension training. There is training and then there is when the situation really goes down. Them seeing real people was different than knowing their actors were playing parts.