This is a little “out there”.. but I believe we are living in
a time that is very similar to the period between 1854 and
1860, when the Kansas Nebraska Act (which was supposed to
settle the question of whether new states would be slave or
free) inflamed the emotions of Kansans and Missourians over
slavery, and would - eventually- plunge the U.S. into civil
war. But it all started with the Kansas-Missouri border wars.
It’s just that now, this emotional boiler pot is nationwide
and slowly getting hotter.
From Ras today - the feelings toward 0bama are getting more and more polarized. The Strong Approves are way up as are the Strong Disapproves.
No matter which way it goes, there are going to be a sizable number of people mad about the results.
I hope to be the object of the “mad at” instead of the person who is “mad at” the other side.
Kansans were right then and now.
NeverForgetBataan, the wars fought between the free states and the slave states gave Kansas its nickname: Bloody Kansas.