Posted on 10/30/2019 6:34:36 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
There is talk of a new American civil war. Indeed, the vitriol of opposing parties is reaching levels heretofore unseen. It is especially vicious now over the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. There is nothing civil about this coming war. For now, it is still a culture battle, but it might be better labeled as an uncivil war.
This new uncivil war is different from America’s last fratricidal conflict. At least back then there were social units involved that united against other social units. Everything was defined leaving no room for doubt one way or the other. It was territorial. Whole states fought against other states. Families and communities united to back one party or the other.
A Distorted Vision of Liberty
In today’s uncivil war none of these factors exist. There are no social units or territorial claims. There are instead collections of individuals scattered all about. Perhaps more disconcerting is the fact that the two sides are fragmented and inseparably intermingled.
Civil wars are generally fought as a way to define the future course of events. What defines this uncivil war is a lack of definition or even a desire to define. It thrives on a great dissatisfaction at nothing specific, but rather everything in general.
However, at the center of this uncivil war is a distorted vision of liberty that was ironically articulated by the departing Justice Anthony Kennedy.
In his now infamous “mystery of life” passage of the 1992 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey decision, he declared that “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”
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Unfortunately,the Right, you are probably correct. Then they will learn what the Jews in WW2 went through before they were slaughtered.
Maybe 20 years ago
Not today.
the military has been gutted by the last administration
is led by leftists.
Police? People do what they are told when their paychecks are at stake.
IBTZ.
Tell Cass Sunstein his day in the sun is over.
I will support the rurals, and hopefully the other folks like me, trapped behind the enemy lines, will also support them.
Ping
Except that foreign powers are likely to be quick to help the left, who will control most of the seaports. Plus, the cities control banking and finance, and have most of the money to buy foreign support. The other thing wrong with your map is that it's utterly binary. Anyplace where Trump received 50%+1 is being drawn on the right's side. The battles aren't going to be found in the areas Clinton won. They're going to be fought in those areas where Trump won by a narrow margin.
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