Escalating violence as armed protests planned in all 50 state capitals

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One thing to note: I’ve mentioned before that the big reason America has failed so consistently in wars in the past couple decades is because we’ve tended to pick our fights with guerrilla-style forces without centralized leadership, in situations where everyone and their mums could be members. The only exception was the first Gulf War, and that was the only time since 1945 that we actually fought a proper army.

This could be yet another example, terrifyingly close to home, but, then again, with cases like Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Viet Cong, there was one key caveat: in those cases, the guerrillas wound up being so effective because they wound up becoming seen as the lesser evil among the population. And if the fuckers doing this pass that threshold, we’re fucked and nothing short of genocide is going to stop it. Of course, if the past few years are any indication, that ain’t happening. What is happening is the people are seeing more and more how ugly their ideology and what they’re fighting for really are, support is dropping precipitously, and the remaining supporters are getting radicalized. With this scenario, what I’m suspecting is that this shit is going to keep happening for a few years and then Peter out. I’m not sure if this is going to constitute a second civil war, but I know they sure as shit want it to.

I sure hope that you are correct. Also, the population is homogeneous enough even on a state-wise basis that a civil war is pretty much out of the question. My chump-supporting neighbors may have signs (STILL!?) in their front yards, but I don't expect them to go marching in brigades in the streets.