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Baitball Blogger

(48,846 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 06:39 PM Dec 2

So are we at DEFCON 3 of a potential Civil War?

That’s the stage when the Democrats still believe there’s hope that the rule of law and the Constitution will stop a takeover from within?

DEFCON 2 will be if Trump succeeds in taking over the Federal agencies.

DEFCON 1 is when he will start to use them against his enemies list the way Putin operates.

And, oh btw our criminal justice agencies were never apolitical. They were mostly following a white conservative philosophy that favored whites over minorities. But even that wasn’t enough for the MAGAs, who want total control.

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So are we at DEFCON 3 of a potential Civil War? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2 OP

DEFCON goes in descending order Sympthsical Dec 2 #1

What the hail, I looked it up Baitball Blogger Dec 2 #4

It's ok, it's 50/50 I get it right Sympthsical Dec 2 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2 #2

Bye!!! GP6971 Dec 2 #3

I doubt it. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2 #5

When they fire on Fort Sumter? Hekate Dec 2 #7

Check out the history of the civil war.... Lovie777 Dec 2 #8

For sure the hick confederates itching for a war. Kingofalldems Dec 2 #9

There will be no civil war Fiendish Thingy Dec 2 #10

What makes you say that? NickB79 Dec 2 #12

We're in a civil cold war that will probably last from now through eternity. Initech Dec 2 #14

Who is armed? I think they are, but we aren't LeftInTX Dec 2 #11

Yup. Scary thought, isn't it? Baitball Blogger Dec 2 #13

The worst part is Trumpf telegraphed his intentions AND we nauseatingly experienced him the first time. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2 #15

Sympthsical

(10,411 posts)

1. DEFCON goes in descending order

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 06:44 PM

Dec 2

DEFCON 1 is basically something you'd never want to live through.

Baitball Blogger

(48,846 posts)

4. What the hail, I looked it up

Reply to Sympthsical (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 06:51 PM

Dec 2

Before I posted. This is the 2nd time I fudged up the comprehension. Thanks for the correction

Sympthsical

(10,411 posts)

6. It's ok, it's 50/50 I get it right

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:03 PM

Dec 2

Because it's often reversed/wrong in cultural references. "We're at DEFCON 5, people!" constantly in movies and things.

So getting it correct offhand is like some kind of neurological lottery.

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GP6971

(33,858 posts)

3. Bye!!!

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 06:46 PM

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Oopsie Daisy

(4,914 posts)

5. I doubt it.

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 06:56 PM

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Hekate

(95,802 posts)

7. When they fire on Fort Sumter?

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:06 PM

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Lovie777

(15,853 posts)

8. Check out the history of the civil war....

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:25 PM

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Kingofalldems

(39,351 posts)

9. For sure the hick confederates itching for a war.

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:29 PM

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Fiendish Thingy

(19,023 posts)

10. There will be no civil war

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Mon Dec 2, 2024, 08:58 PM

Dec 2

There can be no true civil war against a nuclear power.

Domestic terrorism? Sure, but that’s not really progressive’s style, not even “Antifa”.

NickB79

(19,720 posts)

12. What makes you say that?

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:11 PM

Dec 2

Just last year, there was almost a civil war when Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries pushed into Russia. If he hadn't stopped when he did (and there was nothing stopping him from pushing deeper at the time), Putin would have ordered the military to fully engage fellow Russians on Russian soil. It could have well become a full-on civil war.