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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:37 PM Original message |
Civil wars... and the US |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I went to a town hall meeting today and I thought, 'This is the Civil War all over again.' |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Civil wars do not start with a majority |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. A thread on another forum that might interest you, Nadin: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Interesting.... I see denial |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. LOL, you can say that again! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. This forum is being overrun by Libertarian crazies |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. well, hyperbole, histrionics are a DU problem. You contribute |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. From the Forum guidelines |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. there is nothing uncivil about noting that hyperbole and histrionics |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. I know the last civil war started over economic issues, mainly slavery. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We are already there, look at how much federal money |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You're right about the subsidies to conservative states angle. There have been more than a few... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I do hope you find a job soon |
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showpan (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm not convinced that the civil war |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Well, I was arguing that slavery = corporate greed. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. As somebody who knows a lot about the history of the American Civil War |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah it is the scary pattern |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. What is especially amusing |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is not just right wing Southerners, it is right wingers |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. You think we are closer now than we were in the 19-teens and 20s |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes, the labor struggles had a very different feel and we were |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. I agree. As the violence becomes reciprocal it accelerates. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. happily unrecommended. you've predicted that "we're about to step |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Hm |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. you may be right. As someone grounded in history I don't go near |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. If you define a hot civil war like the blue and the gray |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. You've told us what your definition of a 'hot' civil war isn't (a hot civil war), so |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Terrorism, modern civil wars do not have |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. similar cultural reasons? please describe them. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. From the Forum guidelines |
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