Who will fire the first shot in the new civi war?

[Stinky The Clown]

Us?

or

Them?

[lpbk2713]

1. Some toothless dumb redneck

"Here, hold my beer while I fire this first shot."

[TheRealNorth]

3. Lol

But let's hope we never find out.

[Harker]

2. Ideally, Trumpsky upon being indicted.

Save a lot of trouble.

A whimper, then a bang.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. IMO, we have been at a low grade civil war since the Civil Right Era.

Made worse when we elected Obama and Hilary, a woman the christofascists hated.

Made worse when again when they elected a sociopath who wants to be America's Putin.

Cultural turmoil on a slow boil over decades.

[empedocles]

7. Perhaps since Brown v. Board of Education

[edbermac]

5. All I know is that we'll fire the last one.

A bunch of weekend warriors up against the US armed forces.

[RockRaven]

6. DHS or one of their constituent parts...

Does that count as an "us" or a "them" ?

[MarcA]

8. Difficult to say. When? A good chance is when the $upremes

dictate in favor of the Independent State Legislature doctrine which overturns the control of all three branches of government from Ds to Rs despite the fact that nationally 60% or more of the Electorate (The People) voted, or wanted to vote, for Ds and some D State(s) refuse to accept the resultant Federal Government's end of States Rights that do not conform to those of the R States.

[usonian]

9. Ballots, not bullets PLEASE.

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But that must not detract from TAKING ACTION

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Among all the Debbie Downers, I am Pro-Zactive

[sarisataka]

10. Which Civil War

The Civil War where it is ridiculous to think armed citizens can go up against the US military with its nuclear weapons? Or a different Civil War?

[Atticus]

11. One of them portraying one of us. nt

[thomski64]

12. It was that.

....rittenhouse punk.

[relayerbob]

13. Wrong tense. Who shot the first shot?

They did.

[ck4829]

14. If it comes to that, it would have started when Dylann Roof shot church goers in the back

[peggysue2]

15. The first 'shot' has already been fired

The shots and wounds continue with every personal right stripped, vote suppressed and/or held suspect and every mind-numbing excuse for not protecting our people from the worship of the gun, worship of grifters and charlatans, worship of unfettered, out-of-control capitalism and . . .

The existential list goes on.

As does the war for the soul of America. Hyperbole?

Not really.

[Marthe48]

17. I think it'll be 'them'

They are the ones full of real hate for an imaginary enemy.

Right now, they aren't using ammo to destroy us. They found the weakness of the U.S. Constitution-a sense of honor. They have none, and will keep assaulting our nation because they have no decency, either.

[eleny]

18. The people who pepper sprayed the Proud Boys tryiing to enter the event in Cali

Not kidding. The first thing I thought when I saw the video was that our side is protecting itself by firing the first "shots" on the aggressor even though it was just blasts of pepper spray. I'm glad you asked.

I suppose we could go back to The Weathermen Underground. After all, we've even been fighting this battle since the 18th century, no?

(Btw, I just put an eggplant parm in the oven. Got a fork and a plane ticket? Or I could Fedex some to you in a rubber envelope.) Love you lots. -e

[Maine Abu El Banat]

19. Hasn't it already been fired

[Hekate]

20. I think it looks like The Troubles already, Stinky

[mopinko]

23. likely how it plays out. just like the troubles.

[Hekate]

24. Breaks my heart in every way

[mopinko]

25. yup.

all the worst of my ancestral home, coming here.

[JCMach1]

21. Posts like this just serve to further their RW meme of Civil War...

Don't be part of that echo chamber effect...

[Lettuce Be]

22. How do you tell, outside of red hats and signs, which side one is on?

Or does everyone just randomly start shooting and wait for the dust to settle?