None of those is "stupid". They are anti democratic and violent assholes. But, there is no reason to think they are dumb or that they cant affect thing toward worst.
Oh in my home country (Russia) tanks once get "democracy" into the country.
I couldn't see much difference between anti democratic and anti socialistic (both are anti-"you") and both a violent. While no one will claim that was a bad thing.
In the case of capitol siege they followed the orders their leader. This is not always that bad: unlocking people to do violent things are half of the issue too. You can dream about killing someone, thinking about suicide or whatever - difference is if it will lead to action. Unlocking people to attack capitol or commit suicide are also a crime and in both cases target is not capable to think clearly. Why we treat two cases differently?
