I read somewhere that the tactics of the far right had consciously moved away from action at a federal level because, as you say, these have had real life consequences and the focus now is very much at the local level where their freedom to operate may be less constrained. Hence Proud Boy types providing 'escorts' to right wing people at local meetings. Don't know how extensive a pattern this is but it does strike me that a combination of local nutter politicos, wannabe paramilitaries and localised social influencers would be quite an intimidating trifecta for ordinary citizens, who just want to provide service to their local communities, to have to stand up to.
I hope you're optimism is proven to be correct, either way it does seem like it's critical that decent people don't become exhausted and opt for the quiet life.
