A no-holds barred thought provoking article, JimJohn. It certainly hits the Civil War II topic bullseye, so I've gone ahead and added the keyword and am going to ping the CWII ping list.
FR rules do not permit advocating for the overthrow of the Republic, and I am not aware of anyone doing so on the list. Still many do see that as the political climate worsens we may be heading in a direction that makes such a conflict all but inevitable, particularly if other avenues for resolving our differences are taken away. Such as widespread vote fraud by leftists making elections meaningless, or a small cadre of judges over-ruling all attempts to end destructive policies over the clear will of the people.
The correct keyword tag for the Civil War II ping list is "CWII".
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The Civil War has been a Cold Civil War for years, at least since the first Obama term, but really longer. What's happening now is it's warming up.
Clearly Trump is a huge failure for the Opposition. They have had a multiprong program of delegitimization: unfavorable news stories, claims of vote fraud, recounts for show, attempt to sway the electoral college illegitimately to vote unfaithfully, protests, riots and now syncronized Intelligence leaks and press doubling down to create the narrative.
A whole generation who idolized Woodward and Bernstein. They are now dead set on working the departure of Flynn into a wedge that can be driven into the Trump administration, in the same way that the weasel John Dean was used to pull apart Nixon's team.
The truth is not something they have any concern with or interest in, if they need to make up completely false narratives to move the ball forward, they will.
So, that is the next phase in the Civil War. If they lose, it really bad for them. Trump and his supporters will have been radicalized, and the gloves will really come off in dealing with leftist subversion. If they win we are in a world of hurt.
They will be like someone who gets religion after a near death experience. They will be out to prevent the right from ever gaining power again.
You can already see this in formerly purple states like Oregon and Washington. The "live and let live" attitude is gone, it's now "we have the majority here and we are going to make your life hell".
Positions are hardening all around. Right now we do need to support Trump in any way we can, and work to defeat his enemies, and especially mock the Press whenever and however possible. But it's still only in 'warming up' phase. Too early to say where it will end up right now.
