A line of dialogue at the end of the movie, Good Morning, Vietnam, is applicable to the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The line of dialogue is offensive and rude, but it is true. They are the last words Robin Williams [Adrian Cronaur] says to J.T. Walsh [Sgt. Major Dickerson]. Next Williams shuts the door, and J.T.Walsh races from the office to be stopped by Noble Willingham {General Taylor]. After their encounter, Noble Willingham walks the hallway, repeating that line of dialogue and chuckling.

It is obvious from the scurrilous mob at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 that each of them [including female participants] were in dire need of the action described by Robin Williams in that line of dialogue. Indeed, if each had gotten one, it is likely each would have been carrying flowers rather than guns, knives, chemical sprays, pipes, zip-ties, pipe bombs, etc.

Never sell short the beneficial influences from words [books, plays and film] to teach and remedy societies’ problems.