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In reply to the discussion: Would you personally be willing to take up arms to prevent red states from seceding? [View all]hunter
(38,715 posts)48. They've already seceded and now they are irrelevant; trapped in a stagnant 20th century fantasy.
Human civilization is now global and they've been left behind.
It's sad, mostly.
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Would you personally be willing to take up arms to prevent red states from seceding? [View all]
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
OP
they're our fellow americans and they're caught in the grip of a horrid disease.
unblock
Dec 2016
#1
that is true, but i wouldn't underestimate the resources and resolve of the blue staters, plus, depe
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#71
that's a possibility, they might use (blue) secessation as an excuse to wage all-out war and/or esta
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#70
I support their peacefully seceding and then patiently wait for them to come groveling back
eleny
Dec 2016
#4
i think there is plenty of truth in that; they would become a 3rd world country, with the super-rich
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#18
Putin's favorite word: secession! Anything that keeps other on their toes!! He eats it up/
Madam45for2923
Dec 2016
#5
OTHER: Ask me in about 6 months.... I'm not too good right now on that answer
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#6
yes, right now, but i am testing the hypothesis that reds would go to war to stop US from seceding.
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#16
Nah. Just negotiate a peaceful divorce. Tell them to imagine a country without liberals.
Missn-Hitch
Dec 2016
#76
agreed; i think after a few generations when they see what a 3rd world country they're
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#15
the country's been on that edge for along time, but it seems like the will of the majority is now be
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#22
true; would be nice if canada could combine with the west coast and the north eastern states.
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#20
i am encouraged by the responses, but of course since the reds are more war-loving, they would
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#19
i'm just trying to get an idea of how many people would be willing to fight to stop any state from s
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#27
there would no doubt be some migration both ways, but it could be done peacefully. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#28
It's a ridiculous idea. If some think jobs, wages, Social Security, health care, etc., aren't good
Hoyt
Dec 2016
#29
I object to this topic being raised in GD. Fantasies about civil war in America -- no thanks.
Hekate
Dec 2016
#33
please, there is no "fantasy of civil war;" and the poll results support my sense that most people
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#40
agreed; the US is many times the size it was originally; i think that break up is inevitable,
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#42
i am just trying to get a sense of whether people here would be willing to fight to stop a red
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#41
Won't happen. They're too tied economically to the blue sections within their own states.
haele
Dec 2016
#47
They've already seceded and now they are irrelevant; trapped in a stagnant 20th century fantasy.
hunter
Dec 2016
#48
i'm not sure russia actually supports repugs, or just sees them as the weak link to sew division
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#85
Well, first of all I would have to move (please don't bomb me) to a blue state
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#50
Let them go and prepare to watch (from a distance) a real life 'Lord of the Flies'.
Siwsan
Dec 2016
#55
i think that's exactly what would happen, and they wouldn't have anyone to blame but themselves. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#69
insane, but nuking your neighbors could have some "blowback," literally and figuratively. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#83
there are definitely some obstacles IF they were decide to go to war, but 1. i'm not sure if they
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#81
heh heh, yeah, i'm torn on whether the repugs would have the same reaction, or whether they would
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#84
If the demands of the seceding state are reasonable... why would we not negotiate? n/t
eniwetok
Dec 2016
#86
i absolutely agree; i think people are so afraid of another Civil War, they won't even consider the
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#93
hey, one southerner can lick 10 Yankees!! haha; that's what they thought, but yeah, they need us
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#94
i'm not saying there wouldn't be complications, but i think they would be surmountable; in any case
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#92