The same "extremist" comments could be made about antifa types but it wouldn't be representative of all Democrats, many of whom are probably something like school teacher union and human resource members not communists with Molotov cocktails.
These are big coalitions but you are smart person who spends a lot of time over the years commenting on politics and you know that I'm sure.
I hope you are wrong about blood in the streets. I really do. But you might not be. Both sides have gotten a bit too extremist and utterly convinced of their righteousness so it might go to bad place no matter the outcome.
it takes a lot of nerve to "both sides" the problems with the last US election, I'll give you that.
I suppose that the well-worn talking point is a comfort when you cannot defend the actions on their merits. It's facile, deceptive BS, though.
Demanding transparent and legal elections and refusing to accept results from those that aren't isn't extremist.
What makes you think that's still even a reasonable expectation? Likely, there will be blood in the streets. Even if the leadership peacefully admits defeat to end the formal dispute, the radicalization on your side has, with the deliberate encouragement of rhetoric from the top, probably gone too far for there to be any reasonable expectation that that won't be where this ultimately ends for many of the foot soldiers.
And, the people on your side that have been seeking specifically a second civil and/or a race war may well still get what they have sought.