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slater71

(1,153 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:30 PM Aug 2022

Some MAGA and militias' say its civil war now.

On Twitter and other winger sites, they say they have their stocked-up ammo ready to go to war. So when they start, who is it that they are going to kill? Government people? Or is it the people who have Biden signs in their yards? Maybe it`s people with Biden stickers on their cars. The part I don`t get is that do they really think they are just gonna be walking around shooting people without any opposition? Some of these fools are ex-military. A lot of them are not. When the lead starts flying, they will be pissing their pants and crying for their mommy.

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Some MAGA and militias' say its civil war now. (Original Post) slater71 Aug 2022 OP
These assholes are just itching to play Rambo....until they get shot or blown up...MAMMA!!!nt mitch96 Aug 2022 #1
If it's not this, they'll find an excuse to rage about something else. TheBlackAdder Aug 2022 #16
they are so full of shit RussBLib Aug 2022 #2
Yeah, I'm sure Meal Team 6 is suiting up as we speak . . .. hatrack Aug 2022 #3
They are huge targets. Easy to knock off. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #20
They like playing "Call of Foodie" LastDemocratInSC Aug 2022 #27
My tRumper next door neighbors are moving, I hope in the next month MiniMe Aug 2022 #4
When I lived in Tulsa TlalocW Aug 2022 #5
I lived in Broken Arrow back when Bush 1 invaded Kuwait bluecollar2 Aug 2022 #11
I was there a few years later TlalocW Aug 2022 #23
No idea...lol...nt bluecollar2 Aug 2022 #41
They're going to want to stay away from my little development. MineralMan Aug 2022 #6
They're going to want to stay away from my little development. MineralMan Aug 2022 #7
If I even see a hint of civil war, I will buy a gun...yes I know how to use one and in WVA Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #8
I'm shaking in my boots. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #9
They always think JustAnotherGen Aug 2022 #10
Keep Talking. ArcticE Aug 2022 #12
They're the only ones riding up and down the streets with tavernier Aug 2022 #13
It's free speech, has been free speech for years, until it isn't. And then, it's crime. nt usonian Aug 2022 #14
They'll raise money, dress up in camo, go to the Waffle House, and harass the waitresses. Midnight Writer Aug 2022 #15
Fine, BRING IT. Fuck around and find out, MAGAts! 634-5789 Aug 2022 #17
Sorry I'm kind of busy this week sarisataka Aug 2022 #18
I haven't listened to that in 25 years prodigitalson Aug 2022 #40
These people just want the hint of justification to murder people. They are murderers at heart. chowder66 Aug 2022 #19
Let's see them try to organize an army treestar Aug 2022 #21
Who will come to their war? I don't think anybody in leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #22
Their ability to organize and show up at various places is pretty decent. Not so sure they have dameatball Aug 2022 #24
Speaking of inthewind21 Aug 2022 #28
Lol, yeah. That was a good one! I do think they like getting together for cosplay. After that, who dameatball Aug 2022 #31
They really are a broken record. eShirl Aug 2022 #25
nice job on operational security, dumbasses SYFROYH Aug 2022 #26
Maybe They're Going to Protest Deep State Witch Aug 2022 #29
Biden should have the military violently clear them out, walk out, and hold up The Origin of Species Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #34
LOL! Deep State Witch Aug 2022 #42
Go for it mofos. Boomerproud Aug 2022 #30
We need to take this seriously. Oneironaut Aug 2022 #32
The "enemies" are mixed together in the same towns and counties and states. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #33
The Battle of Fort Dumpster? miyazaki Aug 2022 #35
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #36
Posted from another thread. MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #37
These morons act and sound as if they believe only they are armed and/or . . . peggysue2 Aug 2022 #38
Everyone should read *The Next Civil War* by Stephen Marche... First Speaker Aug 2022 #39
This is what the GOP and their militia keep talking about. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #45
I'm armed too vercetti2021 Aug 2022 #43
Unarmed teachers? Librarians? Election workers? Anyone wearing a mask? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #44

RussBLib

(9,008 posts)
2. they are so full of shit
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:37 PM
Aug 2022

but it is scary what a gun can do in the wrong hands.

Hey, I've got my weapons ready, just in case, if they are stupid enough to start something.

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)
4. My tRumper next door neighbors are moving, I hope in the next month
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:42 PM
Aug 2022

I actually liked them and got along until you know who.

TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
5. When I lived in Tulsa
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:42 PM
Aug 2022

A letter to the editor I wrote caused much ire with a white supremacy group, and they sent me a copy of WAR - White Aryan Resistance with some juvenile insults written in the margins. If they thought I would be scared they were wrong as I had done my high school senior project on the increase and decrease in such groups over the years and the reasons behind it. I recognized them right away as being comprised of old fat bubbas who go drink in the woods then shoot their empty can while day-dreaming of a coming race-war that they can get in on the coattails of after the shooting has stopped (presuming their side won). I feel a lot of the people calling for civil war are like that. Unfortunately, it only takes one crazy to have yet another mass shooting.

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
11. I lived in Broken Arrow back when Bush 1 invaded Kuwait
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:50 PM
Aug 2022

A letter to the editor regarding freedom of the press in covering it resulted in all kinds of retaliation.

Another porn related sting got a letter from me resulted in more harrasment.

Then a column regarding drug law enforcement and my response was strike 3.

I left and have never looked back.

TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
23. I was there a few years later
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:11 PM
Aug 2022

One of our congresscritters at the time, Don Nickles, was trying to blame Ruby Ridge, which happened in 1992, on Clinton. I simply corrected him... snidely and sarcastically. I have no idea why that set the bubbas off.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
6. They're going to want to stay away from my little development.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:45 PM
Aug 2022

Buncha moronic play soldiers show up here with their guns and I won't be the only one standing them off with my own.

Surprise! Surprise!

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
7. They're going to want to stay away from my little development.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:45 PM
Aug 2022

Buncha moronic play soldiers show up here with their guns and I won't be the only one standing them off with my own.

Surprise! Surprise!

Demsrule86

(68,576 posts)
8. If I even see a hint of civil war, I will buy a gun...yes I know how to use one and in WVA
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:47 PM
Aug 2022

during my back-to-nature/save the marriage phase...I had no phone or way to contact the police. So when these losers showed up on my property...I had a baby and a no-good (now ex) husband who was rarely home. I pulled out the guns and ordered them off my property. They laughed. I had a couple of handguns, a rifle, and a shotgun.

Lucky for them, I grabbed the shotgun to scare them. I was good with the rifle. I had not shot the shotgun as it had a powerful kick. But I aimed in the middle and pulled the trigger. it bucked up so I didn't get a good shot. But there was some blood so I know I winged someone. No one died or I expect the police would have shown up. They immediately got in their trucks and left. Now I know the right thinks the left is cowardly and all but, it is not true. I would have killed every one of them to defend my baby. I was glad though that I didn't have to.

ArcticE

(30 posts)
12. Keep Talking.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:50 PM
Aug 2022

1. I hope they continue yapping. Their threats are being monitored.

2. I don't believe them. Same people who said guns were to protect against government tyranny and did NOTHING when 51% of the population had the government literally claim to take ownership over their bodies. They are cowards and liars.

tavernier

(12,388 posts)
13. They're the only ones riding up and down the streets with
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 12:52 PM
Aug 2022

Trump and confederate flags. The rest of us just go about our business. Not very stealthy as armies go.

prodigitalson

(2,421 posts)
40. I haven't listened to that in 25 years
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:50 PM
Aug 2022

I forgot how good that song is. I need to set some time aside to listen to both UYI albums.

I agree with your sentiment as well. Fighting Nazis was never something I saw myself doing in my 20s, much less now that I'm in my mid 50s

treestar

(82,383 posts)
21. Let's see them try to organize an army
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:01 PM
Aug 2022

I doubt they will be able to get together much of a navy. Maybe a few fishing boats. No air force.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
22. Who will come to their war? I don't think anybody in
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:06 PM
Aug 2022

our part if the country would. People's silence means a lot here. It goes silent and people just drift away.

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
24. Their ability to organize and show up at various places is pretty decent. Not so sure they have
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:15 PM
Aug 2022

effective strategies after that, as a whole. I do think there are some cells that would be tight knit and extremely dangerous. There will also be a lot of lone wolves. but the MAGA nation as a united force....nah. I can't see that long term.
I just worry more about infrastructure, hospitals, water, food distribution networks, etc, being hit. Some public figures perhaps.

But back to organizing....these folks can throw a boat parade or a demonstration on pretty short notice and they have had plenty of practice. So best not to sell them short in that regard. Can that mentality be maintained is the question, especially in the face of law enforcement. But that is where things can get hairy again. What do law enforcement agancies do in various parts of the country? Those groups do have discipline and fire power. What side do they end up taking? Here in Florida it has gotten really hard to say.

 

inthewind21

(4,616 posts)
28. Speaking of
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:45 PM
Aug 2022

Boat Parades. Yeah, they may be able to assemble pretty easy, but the actual doing. Well... They definitely aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/06/910322916/5-boats-sink-at-trump-boat-parade-in-texas

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
31. Lol, yeah. That was a good one! I do think they like getting together for cosplay. After that, who
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 02:37 PM
Aug 2022

knows how they can hold it together?

Sky Jewels

(7,096 posts)
34. Biden should have the military violently clear them out, walk out, and hold up The Origin of Species
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:05 PM
Aug 2022

for a photo op.

Oneironaut

(5,494 posts)
32. We need to take this seriously.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 02:57 PM
Aug 2022

Yeah, yeah: The “militias” in the woods are indeed a bunch oh tubby goofballs. I’m more worried about terrorist attacks, or, rogue governors taking extreme measures / using extreme rhetoric.

People laughed at the Confederacy too, then, Antietam happened. I assure you they will not be “calling for their mommy.” They and their rhetoric is dangerous.

Sky Jewels

(7,096 posts)
33. The "enemies" are mixed together in the same towns and counties and states.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:03 PM
Aug 2022

So if there's "civil war," it's likely to be more like stochastic terrorist attacks -- mass shootings (and it's not like that doesn't happen almost every day anyway) and maybe some bombings.

And it's not like these MAGAt dumbfuck Nazis can march on DC and take over -- they already tried that and failed.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,377 posts)
37. Posted from another thread.
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:17 PM
Aug 2022
This is my opinion only,

but of the 30% who are hard core MAGAt's, a very small portion will pick up weapons against the American people, IE: the Govt and fight, of that very small percentage, most will either be killed/wounded/arrested or crap their pants and run home to mama's basement and cower in fear once the shooting starts and rounds start coming their way.

Most are wanna be warriors who were raised on video games such as Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc, and think that's the real deal and have never experience actual combat, while those that actually have will be put down PDQ.

IOW, most Trump supporters are all hat and no cattle other than taking to the internet and expressing their faux outrage.


peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
38. These morons act and sound as if they believe only they are armed and/or . . .
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:19 PM
Aug 2022

that Dems and Indies would roll over on a first shot, not to mention the US military.

They would be wrong.

Btw, my husband and I are gun owners. And my husband? He's a damn good shot.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
39. Everyone should read *The Next Civil War* by Stephen Marche...
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 03:19 PM
Aug 2022

...it is an eye-opening, and very depressing, book. He basically says that the country could well devolve into mass violence, and that if it does, the military might not be able to stop it. His argument is, if the army couldn't put out a rebellion in Vietnam or Afghanistan, what makes anyone think they could in the US itself? And that the violence would be real, and not limited to a bunch of beerbellies with their Walmart specials...that in much of the country, for instance, local law enforcement would join those going after "liberals". It's a nuanced book, and very pessimistic. It's worth reading...

Irish_Dem

(47,058 posts)
44. Unarmed teachers? Librarians? Election workers? Anyone wearing a mask?
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 06:37 PM
Aug 2022

FBI? DOJ?

You know, all the people they loathe.

The militia never thought this piece through.

If they start a civil war who are they are going to kill exactly?

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