Nearly one in three Americans say it may soon be necessary to take up arms against the government

[rudi49jr]

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

That branding happens both ways. But Americans are becoming aware of their current 'radical' problem.

I hope so. If by radical you mean those who think it may soon be necessary to take up arms against the US government, that is. Or maybe this kind of radical: “top law enforcement officials say the biggest domestic terror threat comes from white supremacists.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/domestic-terror-white-supremacists.html

 

Or did you have another kind of radical in mind?

[BangkokHank]

1 hour ago, heybruce said:

You are really deep down the rabbit hole when you take the absence of credible evidence as proof of a crime.

 

Do you believe in Santa Claus?  All evidence that he's real has been debunked, so that must mean he's real.

That's what happens when the left-wing, mainstream, corporate media has lost all credibility - with its bought and paid-for fact-checking sites.

[rudi49jr]

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why would a person who committed fraud , report that fraud ?

Why would anyone claim there was widespread voter fraud and then not be able to come up with the tiniest little bit of proof of that in over 1,5 years?

[heybruce]

1 minute ago, BangkokHank said:

That's what happens when the left-wing, mainstream, corporate media has lost all credibility - with its bought and paid-for fact-checking sites.

So you have no evidence for the above or anything else you've posted, and in your mind the absence of evidence shows it is true.  As I said, really deep down the rabbit hole.

[rudi49jr]

3 minutes ago, heybruce said:

So you have no evidence for the above or anything else you've posted, and in your mind the absence of evidence shows it is true.  As I said, really deep down the rabbit hole.

Have you seen the Mark Twain quote underneath all his posts: “It’s much easier to fool people than it is to convince them they’ve been fooled."

I’m guessing irony isn’t his strong suit.

[3NUMBAS]

not the chinese who are rampant everywhere

[JimmyJ]

43 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Have you seen the Mark Twain quote underneath all his posts: “It’s much easier to fool people than it is to convince them they’ve been fooled."

I’m guessing irony isn’t his strong suit.

"QI has found no substantive evidence that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) authored this remark."

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/

 

Snopes in agreement.

[JimmyJ]

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

...Or whether it was Arnold Palmer or Gary Player who said "The more I practice, the luckier I get."

"The Harder I Practice, the Luckier I Get

Gary Player? Arnold Palmer? Jerry Barber? Jack Youngblood? Lee Trevino? Ethel Merman? L. Frank Baum?"

 

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/14/luck/

Edited July 28, 2022 by JimmyJ

[candide]

5 hours ago, BangkokHank said:

That's what happens when the left-wing, mainstream, corporate media has lost all credibility - with its bought and paid-for fact-checking sites.

I am thinking of someone else who has lost all credibility......

[Scott]

Off-topic posts removed.

 

[Iamfalang]

11 pages and I have a feeling nothing has been settled.  just bickering.  lol

 

NOBODY is taking up arms against the government.  Not in the next 10-years, 100% guaranteed.

 

Talk to me in 2033.   

[MrJ2U]

On 7/25/2022 at 10:45 PM, baboon said:

A genuine question to American posters: If any state(s) decided they had had enough of the Union, could they secede from the United States? Realistically, that is?

Realistically, No.

 

 

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, MrJ2U said:

Realistically, No.

 

 

Majority of civil wars since 1946 have broken down along ethnic and religious lines. I pray that you right but I still will pause for concern. 

[bendejo]

14 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Majority of civil wars since 1946 have broken down along ethnic and religious lines. I pray that you right but I still will pause for concern. 

Well, to the hardcore white supremacist type certain groups who we all think of as White people might not cut it with them, so it's going to get real confusing as to who is on who's side during a firefight. 

 

There's that one-third number again.  That's the MAGA percentage, hasn't gone below 30% since the day He came down the escalator.

 

 

[Eric Loh]

25 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Well, to the hardcore white supremacist type certain groups who we all think of as White people might not cut it with them, so it's going to get real confusing as to who is on who's side during a firefight. 

 

There's that one-third number again.  That's the MAGA percentage, hasn't gone below 30% since the day He came down the escalator.

 

 

Unlikely to be a civil war pitting red and blue but arms against government aka North Ireland. I honestly hope it never ever happen to a great nation but the deep polarization fueled by irresponsible leaders like Trump and his cronies can't be ignored. 

[Rimmer]

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[Scott]

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[Berkshire]

On 7/28/2022 at 11:10 PM, Iamfalang said:

11 pages and I have a feeling nothing has been settled.  just bickering.  lol

 

NOBODY is taking up arms against the government.  Not in the next 10-years, 100% guaranteed.

 

Talk to me in 2033.   

You're right, it's not happening.  Not in 10 years, not in a 100 years.  Doesn't matter how many guns these people have.  These white nationalists, militia groups, and all manner of right-wing nutters, they all talk a good game.  But if it means going to prison for their ideology, they all pee in their skirts.  They talk tough, but are mostly cowards. 

[rudi49jr]

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

You're right, it's not happening.  Not in 10 years, not in a 100 years.  Doesn't matter how many guns these people have.  These white nationalists, militia groups, and all manner of right-wing nutters, they all talk a good game.  But if it means going to prison for their ideology, they all pee in their skirts.  They talk tough, but are mostly cowards. 

I agree with you mostly, but January 6th has shown us that large numbers of them, sufficiently whipped into a frenzy by their cult leader, are capable of violent acts. I shudder to think of what could/would have happened had they actually gotten their hands on Pence, Pelosi or AOC.
Don’t underestimate the dangers of the loony right, what with people like Marjory Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert, Jim Jordan and Josh Hawley (and many more just as crazy as them) on the inside, constantly riling up their intellectually challenged base and consciously and constantly spreading the most outrageous conspiracy theories, lies and misinformation.

[Wrwest]

On 7/26/2022 at 6:49 PM, rudi49jr said:

Careful, you’re going to be accused of being socialist…

Democratic Socialist in the vein of the Scandinavian countries. Supporter of a national healthcare program like all other advanced democratic politically, capitalist economic countries provide for the citizens? Yep …

[Wrwest]

On 7/26/2022 at 6:51 PM, Sparktrader said:

Well said! Or just move to Thailand.

 

 

Retired to Thailand in 2011 upon finding I can have a working middle class retirement that I cannot afford in my own country. An “economic refugee” in reverse … seeking a better economic life in a lower cost country.

[Sparktrader]

7 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Retired to Thailand in 2011 upon finding I can have a working middle class retirement that I cannot afford in my own country. An “economic refugee” in reverse … seeking a better economic life in a lower cost country.

Nice, which part of Thailand?

[Wrwest]

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Nice, which part of Thailand?

Chiang Mai

[Sparktrader]

Just now, Wrwest said:

Chiang Mai

I will be there early sept

[thaibeachlovers]

10 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

I will be there early sept

That gives you 4 months before burning season starts.

[rudi49jr]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That gives you 4 months before burning season starts.

If he’s lucky, the burning is not the only contributing factor. Once it stops raining, in November or December, the air quality starts to deteriorate quite rapidly. Then in January the burning starts and it gets even worse. 
My plan to move there when I retire has been shelved a long time ago, just because of the atrocious air quality for 4-6 months a year, and the dogged unwillingness of the authorities to do something about it. 

[Berkshire]

11 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

That gives you 4 months before burning season starts.

Honestly, the air in CM has gotten a lot better.  The nasty burning season only lasted about a month this year, and it wasn't that harsh.  Maybe it's the rain come early this year.  But I hold out some hope that the gov is doing "something" to help out the citizenry. 

[bendejo]

On 8/1/2022 at 11:53 PM, Berkshire said:

You're right, it's not happening.  Not in 10 years, not in a 100 years.  Doesn't matter how many guns these people have.  These white nationalists, militia groups, and all manner of right-wing nutters, they all talk a good game.  But if it means going to prison for their ideology, they all pee in their skirts.  They talk tough, but are mostly cowards. 

This post brings to mind that fellow who was arrested in relation to that Charlottesville tiki-torch rally in 2017.  He was an organizer, and maybe a week later when they caught up with him he cried, actual tears, said he didn't mean to hurt anybody, all that stuff about patriots shedding blood for love of country etc was just talk. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cantwell

Another cry-baby was an actual baby, the Rittenhouse boy.  Was I the only one who thought the bawling was phony, obviously performed previously for school principals and such?  (I have a nephew that does the same thing: when the going gets tough, CRY.)  Off the stand he is nowhere near contrite, even asked to have his assault weapon returned. 

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076310840/kyle-rittenhouse-goes-to-court-to-get-gun-back

Keep an eye on this lad, I'm expecting bigger things from him in the future.  He wants to go to college in Texas.  If his fellow students shun him for being what he is he just might get a new weapon and get the last word.  When he gets to court he knows he just has to turn on the tears, like last time.  But Texas being Texas, that good guy with the gun we hear about just might settle him down once and for all.