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renegade000

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8. a stupid question

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 11:17 AM

Sep 2015

If I were to answer literally, the answer would be "yes." Like what if Congress and the civilian leadership of the Executive Branch suddenly went mad and decided they wanted to start WW3, and the military refused.

The problem is that this hypothetical scenario is so unlikely as to be pretty much irrelevant to anything other than a pedantic philosophical discussion. So practically speaking, the answer is "no." I do not suppose a military subversion of our constitutional government in any remotely realistic scenario.

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43% of Republicans could imagine supporting a military coup in the United States [View all] n2doc Sep 2015 OP

Just, wow... onecaliberal Sep 2015 #1

I'm not surprised. Most people don't have a clue. yardwork Sep 2015 #2

Welcome to "LaLa Land". nt ladjf Sep 2015 #3

No, no, a thousand times NO Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #4

+10000000000000000000000 Initech Sep 2015 #17

The GOP is 100% authoritarian. They side with Russia's anti-gay agenda. Rex Sep 2015 #5

I think these numbers in support are somewhat high Kenjie Sep 2015 #6

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Shandris Sep 2015 #19

This is exactly why we should be teaching civics in schools world wide wally Sep 2015 #7

a stupid question renegade000 Sep 2015 #8

Stupid poll questions are made intentially stupid so folks can have stupid conversations in America. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #14

indeed renegade000 Sep 2015 #18

It's easy to imagine such a scenario. They are just massively improbable ones whatthehey Sep 2015 #9

They are Nazi fascists. B Calm Sep 2015 #10

43% of Republicans are traitors KamaAina Sep 2015 #11

Military coup = Republican rule packman Sep 2015 #12

After Reagan was shot, French TV was reporting a military coup in the U.S. KamaAina Sep 2015 #13

I'm sure the Bushes, friends of the Hinckleys, were mightily taken aback by that day's outcomes. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #16

That's very disheartening. procon Sep 2015 #15

This should have 0% for both parties. Initech Sep 2015 #20

Seems low... joeybee12 Sep 2015 #21

They want to take the country "back" Matrosov Sep 2015 #22

Republicans have long preferred dictators in other countries (law-and-order, you know). pampango Sep 2015 #23

once the half black President leaves office this number will probably drop spanone Sep 2015 #24