Comments on: The Way We See: Our Little Civil Wars http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/07/23/the-way-we-see-our-little-civil-wars/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Nemo Particularis http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/07/23/the-way-we-see-our-little-civil-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-92371 Nemo Particularis Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:34:35 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=9200#comment-92371 I share the writer's pessimism - indeed, I agree with the lady: this nation is most certainly heading for another civil war. The difference this time is that it will no longer be a case of the northern abolitionist Union states battling secessionist southern slave states. In those days the combatants actually had quite a great deal in common in terms of their culture, religion, morality (slavery notwithstanding, etc. Today the divide between the so-called red state people and blue state people could not be any starker; the chasm couldn't be any wider or deeper. On almost every single hot-button issue today they are polar opposites. In my humble opinion, it will reach critical mass if and when the Federal government assumes a size and scope of power that makes it virtually totalitarian in nature. At that point, expect several of the states to proclaim their secession and the hostilities to begin. I share the writer’s pessimism – indeed, I agree with the lady: this nation is most certainly heading for another civil war. The difference this time is that it will no longer be a case of the northern abolitionist Union states battling secessionist southern slave states. In those days the combatants actually had quite a great deal in common in terms of their culture, religion, morality (slavery notwithstanding, etc.

Today the divide between the so-called red state people and blue state people could not be any starker; the chasm couldn’t be any wider or deeper. On almost every single hot-button issue today they are polar opposites.

In my humble opinion, it will reach critical mass if and when the Federal government assumes a size and scope of power that makes it virtually totalitarian in nature. At that point, expect several of the states to proclaim their secession and the hostilities to begin.

]]> By: Leo Pusateri http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/07/23/the-way-we-see-our-little-civil-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-92367 Leo Pusateri Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:21:03 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=9200#comment-92367 Great article. I'm a conservative educator myself, and I have in-laws who are dyed in the wool democrats. Holding one's tongue is quite an exercise in patience, is it not? I am certain, however, that civility is much more one-sided attribute on the part of people of a conservative bent. For instance, look at when conservatives assemble at a campaign or other rally, vs. when liberals assemble at an anti-war or G-8 protest. If it weren't for conservative civility, we would experience nothing less than a anarchic conflagration of biblical proportions. We are civil for the survival of the human race. Great article. I’m a conservative educator myself, and I have in-laws who are dyed in the wool democrats.

Holding one’s tongue is quite an exercise in patience, is it not?

I am certain, however, that civility is much more one-sided attribute on the part of people of a conservative bent. For instance, look at when conservatives assemble at a campaign or other rally, vs. when liberals assemble at an anti-war or G-8 protest.

If it weren’t for conservative civility, we would experience nothing less than a anarchic conflagration of biblical proportions.

We are civil for the survival of the human race.

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