While I agree with you on the hard core MAGA types, my point was more towards the people that followed this BS and have possibly rethought their ideas. Unfortunately, it gets that much harder when you're online and being completely bombarded with disinformation and hidden agendas.
Hang on for a moment and listen to somebody who lives in the US. I've been at the Portland Oregon antifascist demonstrations when Proud Boys showed up and caused a riot. I've seen it first hand. We were a peaceful crowd. Men, women, some in wheelchairs, some in clown costumes, even a band. All we did was stand in front of people who wanted to march in the streets of Portland waving Nazi and white supremacist flags. And they moved in with clubs. There is no compromise with that group. They are authoritarian fascist followers. Trump is their guy. He told them to stand by just before the 2020 election.
In 2016, 63 million voted for the guy who used Mexicans as a race baiting tool.
In 2020, 74 million voted for the guy who sent DHS goons to beat heads in Portland.
There is no important difference between people who actually showed up to overthrow our government on Jan 6 from the ones deny the election was stolen and did not show up. They are all right wing authoritarian followers. They do not compromise. They do not recognize the universal right to freedom of speech and assembly. They did not object when Nancy Pelosi's husband was beaten by a MAGA follower. They are actively trying to do away with democracy in the US. If I can't step in line with them, they want me dead or at the very least disenfranchised.
My brother is one of them. I'm familiar with the type.
There is no discussion they are willing to enter into. It is their way or the highway. The only thing we can do is oppose them and outlast them. If somebody has rethought their ideas then they are a tiny fraction of the original numbers. I would like to point out that 9 million more people voted for Trump in 2020, so there is no evidence that there is a trend showing massive defection from Trumpism.
So, go ahead and lecture me about compassion. I have plenty of compassion. For the victims of right wing fascists.