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The New Civil War
American Thinker.com ^ | August 19, 2017 | Tom Trinko

Posted on 08/19/2017 9:55:22 AM PDT by Kaslin

The first “shots” in our new civil war were fired after Charlottesville when many Democratic leaders claimed that they had the right to use physical force against anyone they didn’t like.

While cowardly leftist leaders are trying to portray themselves as fighting Hitler they are really fighting anyone they don’t agree with. Remember that some Democrats said that Rep. Steve Scalise had it coming since he opposed gun control and that Democrats have been silent when left-wing violence was used to prevent Republicans marching in a parade in Portland.

Facing a continued loss of power because their radical agenda is toxic to most Americans, the Democrat leadership -- which includes the MSM -- have decided that they have the right to physically attack anyone who stands in their way.

Like their Nazi and Communist forefathers, today’s Democrat leaders are comfortable sending swarms of Brownshirts out to beat into submission anyone who stands between them and power.

Under Obama, Democrats renounced the rule of law by declaring that they could choose to not enforce laws they didn’t like and make up laws that Congress never passed. Now they’re saying that they have the right to attack anyone who dares speak out in disagreement. Rep. Scalise wasn’t a Nazi or white nationalist, nor were the Republicans in Portland, or the speakers that Democrats forcibly prevented from speaking in Berkeley. Yet the Democratic leadership’s condemnation of all of those events has been muted at best.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: antifa; democrats; oppression; tyranny
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To: Kaslin
The first shots of this Civil War might well have been the attempt to assassinate several Republican members of the HOR at a baseball practice. There has been no follow up, no attempt to figure out who was manipulating the shooter.

One can't help but suspect that it was hateful rhetoric from Never Trumpers that motivated that. How come no outrage from the Republican Party?

21 posted on 08/19/2017 10:56:05 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: Kaslin

Hard to have a Civil War when there is only 1 army in the field. The surrender monkey GOP has abjectly surrendered already.


22 posted on 08/19/2017 10:58:01 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Kaslin

There is absolutely no way this doesn’t end in bloodshed an civil war. We are too far gone.


23 posted on 08/19/2017 10:58:38 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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To: Kaslin
Provocation, provocation, provocation.

Somebody somewhere wants another civil war and is doing what they can to create one.

24 posted on 08/19/2017 11:04:37 AM PDT by x
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To: Kaslin

The Left has been working on this since the 60’s. They are tired of waiting, they want their Socialist Revolution now. Hillary was going to lead them into it, and that was pulled out from under them by the average American who doesn’t want what they are offering.


25 posted on 08/19/2017 11:07:19 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Stay Calm and Carry.)
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To: Wyatt's Torch
There is absolutely no way this doesn’t end in bloodshed an civil war. We are too far gone.
I concur. The Media is pushing for the Left, and will not give up. They see this unrest that they have created as opportunity. Unfortunately, so will others, such as cartels, ISIS, etc.
26 posted on 08/19/2017 11:19:56 AM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Stay Calm and Carry.)
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To: Vendome

Thank you! I have been saying this all week!

The puppets participating in last weeks Punch & Judy theater are disturbing enough on their own, but it is the folks pulling their strings that have me concerned...


27 posted on 08/19/2017 12:14:54 PM PDT by L,TOWM (I don't have a preference for politician or a party. I have God and His standards.)
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To: Kaslin

Charlottesville was not the first shot. I would say it was the shooting of Steve Scalise. Maybe even before


28 posted on 08/19/2017 12:15:34 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: x

Who would benefit and what would keep them from being a casualty of their own making?


29 posted on 08/19/2017 12:16:54 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: lodi90

I have not listened to the Washington Generals of American Politics for 15 years now.

They had the White House and Congress, plus a mandate to make us safe by “any means necessary” in 2001-2003. What meaningful act did they take? Zilch... They lost me at that point.

There are american patriots out there, but the events so far have not overcome normalcy bias. Events will overcome that bias in another few months at the soonest, another couple of years at the longest at the rate we’re going.


30 posted on 08/19/2017 12:22:02 PM PDT by L,TOWM (I don't have a preference for politician or a party. I have God and His standards.)
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To: Kaslin
The Left and its ministry of propaganda (media) are ginning up its minions and other useful idiots for a coup.

Coup;

A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

31 posted on 08/19/2017 12:22:57 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Patrick Henry Dichotomy
Re: #2

Better dip that ammo and blades in lard and excrement. Shoot to wound. Infected wounds will drain their resources and identify them after they loose.

32 posted on 08/19/2017 12:26:53 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Kaslin
The first “shots” in our new civil war were fired after Charlottesville when many Democratic leaders claimed that they had the right to use physical force against anyone they didn’t like.

It's more than that, Mr. Trinko. The entire Democrat Party and a large number of Republicans have given their seal of approval on Antifa's actions. They have endorsed terrorism as a valid means of political action. And of course all of the #CorporateFakeNewsIndustry has done so as well.

IMO that makes every one of them legitimate targets if things escalate much further. Endorsing terrorism is sedition. They are the Un-Americans!

33 posted on 08/19/2017 12:30:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: setha
Who would benefit and what would keep them from being a casualty of their own making?

1) I don't know. It could be people who think they'll come out on top if there's a civil war, or it could be people who want to provoke the other side into reckless behavior that would discredit them.

Extremists on both sides see their membership rolls rise if the political climate becomes more heated and violent. That guy in Charleston who killed those people wanted to provoke a "race war." There are people like that in the world. There are also people who want to provoke a government crackdown on dissent.

2) Isn't it like that with all wars? People think they'll come out on top if there's war, but they may just get crushed themselves.

34 posted on 08/19/2017 12:30:48 PM PDT by x
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To: Wyatt's Torch
There is absolutely no way this doesn’t end in bloodshed an civil war. We are too far gone.

Oh, stop it. There isn't going to be a civil war. 99.5% of Americans aren't even paying attention to any of this nonsense.

All of these rallies are being attended by, at most, by a few hundred nuts on each side. Everyone else in America is enjoying their Saturday after a hard week of work. Personally, I'm taking my wife and kids to a work function this afternoon, and guess what, nobody is going to be discussing this crap.

35 posted on 08/19/2017 12:32:50 PM PDT by Kenny Bania
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To: Kenny Bania

Buzz killer. You’re spoiling the hysteria.


36 posted on 08/19/2017 12:33:51 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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To: Patrick Henry Dichotomy
While cowardly leftist leaders are trying to portray themselves as fighting Hitler they are really fighting anyone they don’t agree with.

Look, these folks want to tear down statues of Democrats who ran the Civil War and who imposed Jim Crow laws on blacks.

It's possible the left is embarrassed about who they were - and what they did... and they're trying to erase THEIR history.

Or maybe they're doing the usual and hiring thugs to do their dirty work for them... White Liberal Elites signing paychecks for thugs... and blaming the 'anger' on the black community.

37 posted on 08/19/2017 12:48:13 PM PDT by GOPJ (Start by tearing down statues ...burning books, and eventually you go after people - John Davidson)
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To: dainbramaged; governsleastgovernsbest; Liz; stephenjohnbanker; Mr. K; MrB; sickoflibs
"Black people who were never slaves

are fighting white people who were never Nazis

over a Confederate statue erected by democrats,

because democrats can't stand their own history any more

and somehow it's Trump's fault?

Interesting."

Posted by freeper dainbramage..

38 posted on 08/19/2017 12:52:22 PM PDT by GOPJ (Start by tearing down statues ...burning books, and eventually you go after people - John Davidson)
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To: grania

“The first shots of this Civil War might well have been the attempt to assassinate several Republican members of the HOR at a baseball practice.”

Definitely; when this started in Spain in 1936 the conservative politicians fled to safe areas rather than remain in Madrid. Days later the army revolted and the real war got underway.


39 posted on 08/19/2017 12:52:45 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Kenny Bania

If you’ve seen the Boston footage there are certainly many thousands of Bolsheviks there. You have to factor in the people with meaningless lives who only find real purpose in this nonsense. I was surprised to see the mother of the woman hit by the car in Charlotteville begging people to give meaning to her daughter’s death (and life); she seemed to know she would have been very unexceptional otherwise, and would be missed only by her dog.


40 posted on 08/19/2017 12:55:24 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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