As one of the folks "boggling" your mind....
My thing is I think it was bad...Trump is unfit to hold office....it was really bad.
I just don't see the event as a "existential threat" to Democracy. People that broke into the capital are going to jail....the vote was certified in a bipartisan fashion 3 hrs? after the break in....the evidence hasn't shown any governmental participation in the "coup"....no support from the military...police or any other agency you need to launch a "coup".
The "system" worked as it should and there are safeguards....that worked. Trump challenged in court....lost every time.
That's where I'm at....and it "boggles the mind"
that folks believe "democracy was at the brink" that day. If anything it proved pretty resilient.