If this is Civil War 2.0, sign me up. I mean: typing on internet forums from home while 0.05% of the population volunteers to go hooligan on national landmarks.
When it comes to "action" the people willing to go weird are always there, but apparently their numbers are still tiny.
We've had big talk (like talk radio talk) for 30 years now, electing Trump was the biggest thing to come of it, and after 4 years of big talk in power now we've had "big action." If they all feel this strongly, I suggest we give them the state of North Dakota and let them have their way with it, I wouldn't mind granting D.C. and/or Puerto Rico statehood in exchange.
I've heard threats to storm all 50 state capitols. I expect the actual number of state capitols with any significant "storming" action to be less than 10, and the most significant "storms" to involve less than 5000 hooligans. I also expect that the state capitols will defend themselves much more vigorously than the D.C. police did for the first 3 hours. Two or three "machine gun nests" firing rubber bullets would have completely repelled the hooligans in D.C. and I'm sure every governor in the nation has better than that at their disposal from the National Guard.
If, by preamble, you mean we're going to hear butt-hurt conspiracy theory whining from ~50 million Americans for the next 2-3 years, yeah - I'm afraid that's a very real possibility.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by GlennC on Tuesday January 05 2021, @06:48PM (9 children)
To be honest, I expected it to begin before now.
Tomorrow's Electoral College count, and the shitstorm surrounding it, will probably end up being what finally kicks it off.
Oh, well....it's been a nice run while we had it.
Sorry folks...the world is bigger and more varied than you want it to be. Deal with it.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 09 2021, @06:21AM (1 child)
Is the timestamp right on the parent's post? My +1 Insightful mod doesn't even begin to do this justice.
(Score: 4, Funny) by hendrikboom on Monday January 11 2021, @08:52PM
We need a +1 Prophetic.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday January 10 2021, @01:08PM (3 children)
If this is Civil War 2.0, sign me up. I mean: typing on internet forums from home while 0.05% of the population volunteers to go hooligan on national landmarks.
When it comes to "action" the people willing to go weird are always there, but apparently their numbers are still tiny.
We've had big talk (like talk radio talk) for 30 years now, electing Trump was the biggest thing to come of it, and after 4 years of big talk in power now we've had "big action." If they all feel this strongly, I suggest we give them the state of North Dakota and let them have their way with it, I wouldn't mind granting D.C. and/or Puerto Rico statehood in exchange.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by GlennC on Tuesday January 12 2021, @01:12AM (2 children)
Last week was only the preamble.
Sorry folks...the world is bigger and more varied than you want it to be. Deal with it.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday January 12 2021, @03:10AM
I've heard threats to storm all 50 state capitols. I expect the actual number of state capitols with any significant "storming" action to be less than 10, and the most significant "storms" to involve less than 5000 hooligans. I also expect that the state capitols will defend themselves much more vigorously than the D.C. police did for the first 3 hours. Two or three "machine gun nests" firing rubber bullets would have completely repelled the hooligans in D.C. and I'm sure every governor in the nation has better than that at their disposal from the National Guard.
If, by preamble, you mean we're going to hear butt-hurt conspiracy theory whining from ~50 million Americans for the next 2-3 years, yeah - I'm afraid that's a very real possibility.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 26 2021, @10:57PM
I'm curious, do you support the insurrectionists? Or just aware of their rumblings online?
(Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday January 23 2021, @06:56PM (2 children)
The conflict commonly called our "Civil War" wasn't.
Escaping from fake narratives isn't easy.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 26 2021, @10:53PM (1 child)
What sauce are you dipping in??
(Score: 1) by Arik on Tuesday January 26 2021, @10:59PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?