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18. Touche.

Fri May 20, 2022, 01:02 PM

May 2022

BTW, what's up with the title area of a post not being able to use accent characters?

For example: touché

You can't do that in the title, but you can in the message area? Oh, well.

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It Is Really Too Bad The "United" States Can't Be Split [View all] SoCalDavidS May 2022 OP

Splitting up the US would be a grave mistake. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #1

Mistake Or Not, We Can't Coexist With The Other Side Anymore SoCalDavidS May 2022 #2

The concept of United is gone. Over and over again the division is stark with no signs of RKP5637 May 2022 #4

A lot of people across the spectrum were suggesting a return to civics... keep_left May 2022 #12

except that no-one on the right is actually in favor of education jcgoldie May 2022 #13

Touche. keep_left May 2022 #18

I agree. smirkymonkey May 2022 #67

If you think the housing situation is tight now DFW May 2022 #77

Well if the moved now to Wyoming, Idaho, Dakotas Tree Lady May 2022 #80

Need some more global warming first LOL DFW May 2022 #85

I know my kids in San Antonio Tree Lady May 2022 #96

It's a Russian fantasy that the U.S.A. suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union. hunter May 2022 #79

And they are still at it. Look at this thread, where the whole stupid idea is playing out again... Hekate May 2022 #84

I fear that well might be the only solution, eventually. I see really nothing bridging the gap. And RKP5637 May 2022 #3

They'd invade within a year Johnny2X2X May 2022 #5

This. CrispyQ May 2022 #9

Even if they didn't invade MadameButterfly May 2022 #11

they'd have to MissMillie May 2022 #14

Exactly what I was thinking. We'd be looking at the Berlin wall in Illinois. lindysalsagal May 2022 #72

at 74 llashram May 2022 #6

This!! 66 here NewHendoLib May 2022 #8

Yup, 68 here. Karma13612 May 2022 #91

I agree llashram May 2022 #93

I'd be fine being a citizen of Cascadia. Binkie The Clown May 2022 #7

Me too! Aristus May 2022 #42

It will split - it is inevitable jg10003 May 2022 #10

The only problem (well, not the only one) with that map is that many of those "provinces"... keep_left May 2022 #15

the map is an illustration of the consequences of jg10003 May 2022 #21

There are a LOT of purple and red Karma13612 May 2022 #92

Exactly TheRealNorth May 2022 #25

Even in the tiny "Republic of South Florida"... Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #38

Either way will lead to non-debatable civil war. The Grand Illuminist May 2022 #16

farmers need to sell their crops. jg10003 May 2022 #22

There's just no way that map communicates anything. Calista241 May 2022 #29

The map isn't meant to be taken literally jg10003 May 2022 #33

Pacifica is ridiculous ripcord May 2022 #43

Balderdash Hekate May 2022 #86

No split possible. Not in Constitution. A Dreamer's Dream. but wait..................... Stuart G May 2022 #89

I support the union TheProle May 2022 #17

Climate change will take care of that. asa4ever May 2022 #19

The Southern US will be nearly uninhabitable in 30 years. roamer65 May 2022 #46

Major population shifts around the world are going to be a big problem. asa4ever May 2022 #53

I think New England, New York, Michigan, etc will be Canadian provinces by that point. roamer65 May 2022 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore May 2022 #20

The fuckers can have FL TheRealNorth May 2022 #26

Well, then the moose can have Minnesota. nt Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #37

We like the Moose TheRealNorth May 2022 #41

Correction: Moose and Squirrel. nt Binkie The Clown May 2022 #56

100? CrackityJones75 May 2022 #40

Another 10 years and the FL property panic will happen. roamer65 May 2022 #48

Texas liberal here. TheProle May 2022 #52

This FL liberal thanks you! mcar May 2022 #59

Solidarity TheProle May 2022 #61

There is a certain elite that finds it more convenient to deny we exist DFW May 2022 #78

Molly Ivins. Anne Richards. I like your list -- a lot of my favorite she-roes are Texans. Hekate May 2022 #82

I should have added Ann Richards and Molly Ivins for sure DFW May 2022 #87

Don't forget Jim Hightower! Texasgal May 2022 #94

A list conveniently ignored by some who prefer a stereotype DFW May 2022 #95

Keep it up my two kids in San Antonio Tree Lady May 2022 #81

No need to split the country if a fascist dictator is elected pres. nt Hotler May 2022 #70

Since the USSR split sarisataka May 2022 #23

I hate this subject. Calista241 May 2022 #24

I am also against the U.S splitting up. But I don't see how it can be avoided unless jg10003 May 2022 #27

One complicating factor is that Work From Home is the new standard Calista241 May 2022 #30

I know. Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #36

Unfortunately it's not governable anymore. That is the issue. BannonsLiver May 2022 #55

It's not even remotely close to 98% opposed Polybius May 2022 #76

There's a lot to hate. As another poster pointed out: this is a Russian propaganda wet-dream... Hekate May 2022 #90

It's truly scary that they are cozying up to a racist autocrat like Viktor Orban. Initech May 2022 #28

And they're trying to keep the press out of the CPAC conference. keep_left May 2022 #32

Not this again Hekate May 2022 #31

I don't typical entertain these types of posts Tickle May 2022 #34

The major problem I see even if there were some feasible way to effect a geographical split: Efilroft Sul May 2022 #35

I totally ageee. Nt raccoon May 2022 #39

It can be split. roamer65 May 2022 #44

That suggestion is totally unworkable FakeNoose May 2022 #45

Usually what happens is very similar to Partition Day, 1947. roamer65 May 2022 #47

It would NEVER happen here FakeNoose May 2022 #49

Very well could happen here. roamer65 May 2022 #50

With gerrymandering, voter disenfranchisement and the Right Wing court.. Noahv May 2022 #51

This is why we'd have been better off losing the Revolutionary War BannonsLiver May 2022 #54

I live in the UK and even under the Tories... róisín_dubh May 2022 #71

This again? mcar May 2022 #57

Word mahina May 2022 #69

How would we divvy up the nukes? Tom Kitten May 2022 #58

I wish the US would break up. I don't want to live in the same Marius25 May 2022 #60

How do you propose it happen? mcar May 2022 #62

I have a plan Marius25 May 2022 #63

That would be a shitshow. nt Tommy Carcetti May 2022 #66

Yup, but still necessary imo. Marius25 May 2022 #68

Pakistan and India broke apart by agreement, and blood flowed in the streets ... Hekate May 2022 #83

if we could only bdamomma May 2022 #74

Russia would be escatic. LiberalFighter May 2022 #65

of course bdamomma May 2022 #75

The alternative to the impossible split is the almost guaranteed fascist rule Blaukraut May 2022 #73

How would you split it? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #88

Good question. It always comes down to maps created for fantasy & science fiction novels. Hekate May 2022 #97