Scared, Silly, or maybe Scared Silly?

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Maybe I watched news on the wrong day. Maybe I read online about how there are a lot of Republicans headed for DC to kill Dems, and to kill them on the way, too. Some of these rants and raves seem beyond ridiculous. But then again, these people are not only violent, they are completely and totally crazy. Completely brainwashed, it's like they are under a spell and it's going to snap soon. I know a lot of people are simply terrified. People who voted blue are taking time to scrub their facebooks, twitter, snapchat, etc. They don't even want to be identified in any way, because they think someone will shoot them. Is this all hype? Is this just Q Anon raging rampant on all of us? How does a person hide from who they are and just disappear? I mean...not everyone has an underground bunker or can go to the basement of the White House. Has anyone else heard these rumors? That supposedly all 50 state capital buildings could be attacked over this weekend? And possibly any town with a courthouse may be attacked as well? How can any country have enough people to defend all of these places, as well as their citizens? A friend is a nurse in an emergency room not far from me. She said a man came in and asked to be admitted to a room. He wasn't ill. But something he read led him to believe the rioters will not attack hospitals, so he wanted to stay there. He said to her, I have money, I will pay whatever you ask. How in the world did we ever get to this point? How was Trump able to rile everyone up so bad with his hype that there was a riot at our nation's capital? How is it that rioters killed some people, they urinated and defecated all through the hallways and on the steps. I guess what I am wondering is, do we all need to be scared? Will it do any good? Probably not. If someone wants to be mean and evil, they will find a way to do that. But when a friend asked me, I couldn't get the words out because I didn't think that was what he wanted to hear. I've lived a lot of years. Never have I been less proud to be an American. I don't know the answers, I just know the rumors are wild. I turn off the tv and someone has to call with another rumor. I put the phone in the other room for a long time today, so I didn't have to hear any more. I guess I am just... Kind of scared.