It’s Time To Stop Our Cold Civil War From Heating Up

The Federalist ^ | June 5, 2017 | Clifford Humphrey

[dp0622]

I think we’ll see more of a Weather Underground thing first.

From there, who knows?

[ExGeeEye]

Won’t be us firing the first shot.

The second? Maybe.

The last? Probably.

[SkyDancer]

Climate change or global warming will do it. It depends upon the current narrative.

[Principled]

If people no longer believe that ballots are a sufficient substitute for bullets, then violence is the logical consequence.

Good article.

[Bon mots]

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The question on the table today is whether the Left as a whole will continue to abide by the rulebook and rely on the political process—which includes a guarantee of free speech—or try through nefarious means to destroy opposing opinions with force.

The author has apparently not been paying attention.

They have not been abiding by the rule book for a very long time.

[Robert DeLong]

The question on the table today is whether the Left as a whole will continue to abide by the rulebook and rely on the political process.

Really? I think that question has been answered in many ways, and the answer is a resounding no. Since they do not believe in the Constitution, for them there is no rule book to abide by.

[Texas Fossil]

absolutely agree.

[Mariner]

Anyone ostensibly on the right who cautions about a slide into violence is not to be trusted.

They just don’t want us to defend ourselves. And they most certainly do not want us to prevail.

Generalized Civil War, one of not regional but political division, is one that would end the left for 5 generations.

[higgmeister]

It’s Time To Stop Our Cold Civil War From Heating Up

It's time for it to come to a head and turn hot. I am tired of this slow walk to destruction. We will win because that's what winners do!

[CottonBall]

CW reference

[Noamie]

This author implies that Trump got us to the level of possible CW, all by himself, in a mere matter of months. Holy cow, that’s some stupid. Where has this guy been for the past 60 years?

[aquila48]

“The author has apparently not been paying attention.”

You ain’t kidding. Where has this doofus been?

The left has already declared war on us and lately it’s not just a war of words or lawfare, but physical skirmishes. It’s just that we have failed to respond in kind.

[virgil]

Things really starting going down hill when Obama got in there. He and the trash he brought in with him were at war with half of the country. They took a big dump on the Constitution. They hate America.

[TBP]

Let’s try to keep it from escalating.

OTOH, it might be useful to tie Kathy Griffin to every liberal candidate.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It has never been only war of words. The argument has been between the idea of freedom and the voice of even the smallest of our citizens being heard and the rule of the elite. And it has turned hot more then once.

The elite want a benevolent rule by priest-kings. They will be the ones who decide what you have, what you do, what you say, where you worship and who. It is their right after all. They are so much better then the little people. You will be cared for, guided, petted and given the occasional treat. Unless you rebel. Then you will be punished.

People who think this is new have not been paying attention to the last two hundred years of our history.

The violence has been nearly always on the side of those who want to rule and their toadies. The freedom side has always been more interested in planting their own vine and fig tree. Wanting to rule, to force others to think their way is alien to their nature.

So they always operate at a disadvantage.

[MrEdd]

No it isn’t.

[matthew fuller]

"It's time for it to come to a head and turn hot. I am tired of this slow walk to destruction. We will win because that's what winners do! "

You got it. CWII cometh. I've been here over seven decades, and I think that we're closer now than we've ever been in my lifetime. I don't see much chance of this conflict getting settled peaceably.