Hello Darth,
If something political bothers me, I usually talk about it here. I have not really thought about the Oath Keepers too much. I do hope that if there is this leader and he has done something wrong, that justice will come for him. I am not angry about it.
I don't really get angry about politics, which is why I am able to discuss all these matters without losing my cool or going off on people. I certainly have noticed that most of the conservatives, and a goodly number of liberals do get quite angry about politics, which prevents them from being able to have civil discourse about it. It's like it bothers them so much they are unable to discuss a matter without making things personal, blaming 'the other side' and then unleashing all their pent up frustrations on the first person who voices support for the opposing way of thinking.
I am glad to have people like yourself here to be able to discuss opposing views without getting personal or angry at one another. I thank you for your mature temperance.
I carry these views into real life. When I am talking to people in person, I can engage in a political discussion with conservatives and keep my cool completely. Often the conservatives cannot, and so I routinely break off political conversations with them because of it. And I always think that's sad when people are unable to discuss the matters of great importance to our nation because they get too emotional about it.
I do enjoy a good in-person mutually respectful discussion of politics when it can be found, but because so many people can't keep their cool, that is rare.
I've got a lot of respect for professionals like David Brooks because they do this for a living, are very knowledgeable, and put themselves out there publicly. Can you imagine how it must be for them when a 'fan' meets them in public? Especially somebody with an attitude who cannot discuss these matters while remaining cool? You just know there are all these people who want to rip into them, and an individual like that might be encountered any time. It would have to be a regular repeated occurrence when simply going to the store, for instance. I wonder how they handle that. They probably end up walking away from people who are shouting at them a lot. Maybe they have some really slick way of toning things down in person. I don't know. Glad I don't.