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  • The Coming Civil War?

    Lines are being drawn, sides chosen, opinions solidified. Can we escape a shooting war?

    ARMED VIGILANTES ANTAGONIZING PROTESTERS HAVE RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION FROM POLICE

    Far-right militia members and vigilantes have shown up at police brutality protests across the U.S. — in many cases with encouragement from law enforcement.


    https://theintercept.com/2020/06/19/...lity-protests/
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    Originally posted by seer View Post
    Lines are being drawn, sides chosen, opinions solidified. Can we escape a shooting war?

    ARMED VIGILANTES ANTAGONIZING PROTESTERS HAVE RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION FROM POLICE

    Far-right militia members and vigilantes have shown up at police brutality protests across the U.S. — in many cases with encouragement from law enforcement.


    https://theintercept.com/2020/06/19/...lity-protests/
    If it comes to pass you may not be alone. Belarus looks as if it may be heading along a similar path.
    "It ain't necessarily so
    The things that you're liable
    To read in the Bible
    It ain't necessarily so
    ."

    Sportin' Life
    Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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    • #3
      Originally posted by seer View Post
      Lines are being drawn, sides chosen, opinions solidified. Can we escape a shooting war?

      ARMED VIGILANTES ANTAGONIZING PROTESTERS HAVE RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION FROM POLICE

      Far-right militia members and vigilantes have shown up at police brutality protests across the U.S. — in many cases with encouragement from law enforcement.


      https://theintercept.com/2020/06/19/...lity-protests/
      I certainly hope not. We were lucky to come out intact from one Civil War. It's really pressing our luck to try for two.

      However if I was to draw an analogy to the run-up to the Civil War, I would say we are in the Bleeding Kansas stage. This puts us somewhere in the 1850's.
      "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

      "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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      • #4
        Do liberals really want a Civil War when the majority of gun owners are conservatives?
        Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
        Than a fool in the eyes of God


        From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
          I certainly hope not. We were lucky to come out intact from one Civil War. It's really pressing our luck to try for two.

          However if I was to draw an analogy to the run-up to the Civil War, I would say we are in the Bleeding Kansas stage. This puts us somewhere in the 1850's.
          Perhaps...
          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
            Do liberals really want a Civil War when the majority of gun owners are conservatives?
            It is not like these leftists are mentally stable...
            Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
              Do liberals really want a Civil War when the majority of gun owners are conservatives?
              On that basis alone, I would think that IF such a civil war broke out, it would be rather short lived for that reason.
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by seer View Post
                Lines are being drawn, sides chosen, opinions solidified. Can we escape a shooting war?

                ARMED VIGILANTES ANTAGONIZING PROTESTERS HAVE RECEIVED A WARM RECEPTION FROM POLICE

                Far-right militia members and vigilantes have shown up at police brutality protests across the U.S. — in many cases with encouragement from law enforcement.


                https://theintercept.com/2020/06/19/...lity-protests/
                Not likely a Civil War, but a disruptive extreme division in the USA encouraged and promoted by Donald Trump and his Qanon allies.
                Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
                Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
                But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:

                go with the flow the river knows . . .

                Frank

                I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
                  Not likely a Civil War, but a disruptive extreme division in the USA encouraged and promoted by Donald Trump and his Qanon allies.
                  Yes, it is entirely one-sided, and Trump is behind all the looting and violence in all these Democrat-run cities and states.
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    On that basis alone, I would think that IF such a civil war broke out, it would be rather short lived for that reason.
                    They thought the first Civil War was going to be quick. Obviously, it wasn't. If we go into Civil War, it's going to multiyear and very bloody and I'm not smart enough to predict the results beyond it won't be what is "obvious" now. And of course, the post-Civil War phase will be very messy as well. Only a fool hopes Civil War breaks out in the US again.

                    Considering world history, I'm having trouble coming up with a short civil war.
                    "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                    "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
                      They thought the first Civil War was going to be quick. Obviously, it wasn't. If we go into Civil War, it's going to multiyear and very bloody and I'm not smart enough to predict the results beyond it won't be what is "obvious" now. And of course, the post-Civil War phase will be very messy as well. Only a fool hopes Civil War breaks out in the US again.

                      Considering world history, I'm having trouble coming up with a short civil war.
                      I think that was way different. It was based largely on geography, demographics, economy.... the entire country (for the most part) bought into it.

                      Plus, Al Gore hadn't invented the internet back then.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
                        Not likely a Civil War, but a disruptive extreme division in the USA encouraged and promoted by Donald Trump and his Qanon allies.
                        Hey idiot it is not Trump supporters who are burning cities and rioting - this conflict was started by the left...
                        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by seer View Post
                          Hey idiot it is not Trump supporters who are burning cities and rioting - this conflict was started by the left...
                          It's becoming more and more obvious that somebody's Happy Meal is missing more than just a few fries.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            On that basis alone, I would think that IF such a civil war broke out, it would be rather short lived for that reason.
                            Judging by the shootings at the protests by armed liberals and antifa, I think they have gotten over their dislike of guns. They are patrolling the protests carrying AR-15s and other guns.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                              Judging by the shootings at the protests by armed liberals and antifa, I think they have gotten over their dislike of guns. They are patrolling the protests carrying AR-15s and other guns.
                              Yeah, I thought about that, cause I almost included the "gun disparity" in my post, but realized the more militant elements of the left may have even "scarier" weapons than those legally owned by the right.
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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