As an onlooker -

[NotANeocon]

Observing the United States of North America today would it be accurate to describe the country as one embroiled in a civil war that has not yet reached armed conflict?

[musicblind]

1. That's a complicated question.

One of the greatest journalists to ever live, Carl Bernstein, said that we are currently living in a "cold civil war."

However, I do not believe it will ever become anything more than that. Given how intertwined Republican and Democratic areas of this country are, a hot civil war would not only be messy but unacceptably devastating to the humanity of everyone involved.

My blood brother is a Trump Republican. I disagree with him vociferously, but I would never wish him death.

If someone thinks they are ready for a second U.S. American civil war, they should ask themselves this question: would you shoot a member of your immediate family and feel nothing?

If the answer to that question is yes, then you, and you alone, are ready for the kind of horror a civil war would bring. But even among those who might say , "yes," online, deep down, and in real life, they know it isn't true.

War is awful. It really is hell. War is an image you cannot unsee.

For me, the image that defines civil war the most in my mind is the image of a Sirian man eating the heart of another man he has just killed. Who would ever wish such a horror on our country? No matter how much some of us might despise Trump's actions and policies, we do not despise our country.

[Bread and Circuses]

2. Yes, most democrats are more compassionate

But, the other side will need more to feed their outrage. I don’t doubt that Donnie Diaper will retaliate against Blue states and all who have challenged him. The MAGAs will celebrate and will go out and take their own revenge.

They will kill us if they believe that god or a savior -Trump has sent them on a crusade.
I have no doubt from the interactions I have in my local area, they will harass us and kill if so inclined

[NotANeocon]

3. You make some interesting points -

But you are no longer living in the semi-civilised nation that existed on November 5 2024. You are now in a country governed by an unelected rogue "government" that has shown its modus operandi to be divide, create hatred, and take total control in the ensuing chaos The US is a dictatorship today.

[JoseBalow]

4. I would kill a Nazi in a hot second

Zero regrets

[NotANeocon]

5. You must first define what the term "Nazi" means to you today.

If it is actually a unique definition perhaps I won't bring Godwin's law into play.

[malaise]

6. I am in a state of stunned incredulity

Seriously

[Bonx]

7. There's a big gap between slinging barbs on social media and armed conflict.