Any time some group or party does something heinous in this country they are given a pass to “maintain unity”

I don’t believe Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers or David Koresh and the Branch Davidians were “given a pass”, particularly after national news declared them public enemies.

Quite a few organizations and organizers get squashed hard. It’s within the state’s capacity. Trump seems to be demonstrating the degree to which these norms can be violated.

However, at the barest minimum those who were part of the Confederacy should have been barred from holding public office of any kind or participating in anything that would influence public policy beyond maybe their right to vote

Well, they’re long dead. I’m more despondent at Biden giving the J6 instigators a free pass.