I agree, I think locking up people on Jan 6th without trial was to punish us for protesting a stolen election. However, I think people in France and other countries are also facing being locked up with an unjust "justice" system. So we shouldn't let that deter us. Perhaps the one thing that makes us different is that more Americans have guns, and therefore know our government can only push us so far, whereas protesting in many countries is their only recourse. That and we are still far too comfortable to do anything about it...