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Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, is already embracing Trump's "Civil War" tweet. (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2019 OP
Another empty kettle making lots of noise gratuitous Sep 2019 #1
Me too!! I think the empty kettle bag will overflow Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #38
Hey Stewie.... spanone Sep 2019 #2
Second Amendment, hunting, and target practice, my ass! no_hypocrisy Sep 2019 #3
It is rather laughable... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #4
Yep, they wouldn't last a week in the field against even the National Guard, much less the regular.. brush Sep 2019 #16
You said it! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #21
+10000 Pachamama Sep 2019 #22
The thing is Bettie Sep 2019 #23
Some might be but are much to disciplined to go against the country and their commanders. brush Sep 2019 #24
Ahem!!! atreides1 Sep 2019 #33
More civil war fantacists. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #5
Their last civil war didn't work out so well for them C_U_L8R Sep 2019 #6
Grab yer gunz and git yer cousin and kids to the compound! LOL n/t brewens Sep 2019 #7
We have one of those nut jobs in our neighborhood. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #8
They need to be arrested and charged with sedition RAB910 Sep 2019 #9
Yup... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #11
Say what? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #10
I guarantee you are a thousand times more likely to die... Dave Starsky Sep 2019 #15
Robert Jeffress supports the Anti-Christ struggle4progress Sep 2019 #12
"Responsible" gun owners threatening to kill American citizens if their cult leader gets removed. BlueStater Sep 2019 #13
Time to update your "Civil War Deux tactical gear." MineralMan Sep 2019 #14
Hey Bubba, you going swimmin' with your gun? Start in the deep end. spanone Sep 2019 #17
Now that's funny looking. ooky Sep 2019 #18
Dude has sweated through his "tactical t-shirt" just standing there. MineralMan Sep 2019 #20
The not so light brigade. muntrv Sep 2019 #27
LOL! MineralMan Sep 2019 #29
But, but, but, ... the Left forced me to kill people! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #19
Quoting Free Republic? Really? MineralMan Sep 2019 #30
Know thy deplorable civil-war-mongering neighbor who votes. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #32
Uh Stewie! Impeachment IS IN the Constitution! muntrv Sep 2019 #25
I dare them to try Downtown Hound Sep 2019 #26
And remember, these are people who count ANYBODY they don't like as "the left" JHB Sep 2019 #28
Some RW crazies will be inspired by Hair Twitler's rhetoric, and use their joysticks to shoot people Martin Eden Sep 2019 #31
I'm glad he brought up 1859, wonder which of those sides he imagines he is on... ExciteBike66 Sep 2019 #34
The ones to worry about are the ones who aren't saying anything to anyone. Kaleva Sep 2019 #35
Twitter needs to start putting some of these people in Twitter jail Beaverhausen Sep 2019 #36
Who's Willing to Die for this Idiot!!! blakstoneranger Sep 2019 #37

no_hypocrisy

(46,060 posts)
3. Second Amendment, hunting, and target practice, my ass!
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:11 PM
Sep 2019

It's been about collecting weapons and ammunition for insurrection and overthrow of the Constitution and the democratic republic.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. It is rather laughable...
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:11 PM
Sep 2019

You may get more chaos and harm, but I wonder if these rapid keyboard warriors even have a tiny little bit of sense about how impractical their "hot civil" war is? There are so many factors that make that idea a big nothing hamberder that I would rather they just find out for themselves.

I imagine they are clueless, but they may enjoy getting all fired up about the idea. The point was to incite fear and embolden the decrepit to think thoughts bigger than their tiny little Tootsie Pop brains can manage.

Benedict Manson is just whipping up his frothy base, and yeah, people can get hurt. That's my concern.

brush

(53,758 posts)
16. Yep, they wouldn't last a week in the field against even the National Guard, much less the regular..
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:48 PM
Sep 2019

army. These out of shape, unorganized, overweight clowns in camo would come straggling back to their garages in a week and immediately try to destroy their AR-15s to hide evidence of their sedition.

They FBI should be at their doorsteps to arrest them.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
21. You said it!
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:58 PM
Sep 2019

My tactical advice is that they better have dozens of cases of of defibrillators and plenty of oxygen tanks on hand.

Imagine a war where all the soldiers are dropping like flies without anybody even shooting at them on Heart Attack Hill. It was the climb...the climb, I tell ya'.

atreides1

(16,068 posts)
33. Ahem!!!
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 02:04 PM
Sep 2019

I don't want them to be able to make it back to their garages...I want them laying out in the street or a field, feeding the carrion...because that's all they're worth...food for crows, coyotes, and vultures....

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
5. More civil war fantacists.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:15 PM
Sep 2019

And more proof, if any were needed, that gun ownership outside of a well-regulated militia is nonsense.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
11. Yup...
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:27 PM
Sep 2019

Well, I kind of see what you said as their rather quick Waterloo or a fast Custer's Last Stand.

These notions of a war are more like asking to be arrested and even charged with sedition and other criems.

Ooo, big surprise. It is kind of like the outcome for some of the clowns who stormed Charlottesville. They should pay attention to that. They are just going to make themselves and their families miserable, and, for no actual reason worth fighting for. Being manipulated so easily reveals their level of intelligence and capacities, as well.

Sure, there are groups out there that are well armed and ready to go, but the numbers are the giveaway. Bravado and ignorance are not a good tactic.

Oh, but I am implying or expecting that they might think it through first.

It's all just noise.

Cartoonist

(7,314 posts)
10. Say what?
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:26 PM
Sep 2019

people out there who aren’t taking Trump’s tweet as a joke.
_

Who thinks it was a joke? The mad man is serious, and we should be too.

Whenever there's a mass shooting, people always wonder if there was any sign that could have prevented it.

Well here's a billboard sized sign of a coming shooting. Nothing will be done.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
15. I guarantee you are a thousand times more likely to die...
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:46 PM
Sep 2019

Driving your car to the grocery store today than you are to ever get killed in a mass shooting. So relax.

I'm not saying that there's not a threat. But it can be, should be, and will be handled on a case-by-case basis as the real, committed crazies come out of the woodwork. The first few new idiots that get handed 340-year prison sentences (like the dude in Charlottesville) will inform the others.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
13. "Responsible" gun owners threatening to kill American citizens if their cult leader gets removed.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:37 PM
Sep 2019

How disgustingly typical.

MineralMan

(146,281 posts)
14. Time to update your "Civil War Deux tactical gear."
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:39 PM
Sep 2019

Order now! Supplies are short. And don't forget that armored belly cover!

MineralMan

(146,281 posts)
20. Dude has sweated through his "tactical t-shirt" just standing there.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:56 PM
Sep 2019

If he had to walk two blocks, he'd be breathing so hard, he couldn't aim his "arms."

Hell, I'm 74 years old. I'm not going to fight in any civil war. However, I can still shoot out of my window at any morons marching down the street to go after whoever it is they're after.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,986 posts)
19. But, but, but, ... the Left forced me to kill people!
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 12:55 PM
Sep 2019
>>>“I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,” Kinzinger tweeted.”

So, have I you twit. My government sent me to Guatemala during their civil war. I believe WITH A PASSION we are headed for a civil war in this country. The only question is how do we get there? It most certainly will be because the left drags us there. Will it because of what the left does to Trump? Or will it be another issue that causes a fracture? - Such as when Trump places RBG

All I know is this: The left has put us in a place where we can't live together much longer.
20 posted by NELSON111


If we get to civil war and need help, we ask Russia.
France helped last time. We don’t want China stepping in uninvited.
We don’t want to lose and be under the new commies.
Russia is pro-Christian, not fond of Islam, has a flat tax, supports gun ownership, and most importantly hates Soros and globalism.
We could do worse for a sponsor.
We can save our country if we are willing to accept help when we need it.

100 posted on 9/30/2019, 7:23:33 AM by MarMema

MineralMan

(146,281 posts)
30. Quoting Free Republic? Really?
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:35 PM
Sep 2019

Why? We know it's full of raging morons. That doesn't mean they're influential morons.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,986 posts)
32. Know thy deplorable civil-war-mongering neighbor who votes.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:58 PM
Sep 2019

Plus there is the entertainment factor. The same way you have shown yourself to be entertained by that obese weekend warrior.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
26. I dare them to try
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:32 PM
Sep 2019

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When they get massacred we'll no longer have to hear their constant idiocy. It's a win win.

Martin Eden

(12,859 posts)
31. Some RW crazies will be inspired by Hair Twitler's rhetoric, and use their joysticks to shoot people
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:50 PM
Sep 2019

The blood of their victims will be on Trump's tiny hands.

 

blakstoneranger

(333 posts)
37. Who's Willing to Die for this Idiot!!!
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 03:06 PM
Sep 2019

At the end of the day, he's just a moron who fell into daddy's money, lost most of it, then borrowed millions from foreign countries to build his dumb buildings. Now with the help of the taxpayers, he's paying the money back. But are you willing to go to war and die for this guy, WHY!! You mean to tell me there's no other republican conservative out there better than trump!!! Is this political party so full of stupid people that they can't find a candidate better than trump!! They're willing to go to war and die for this moron!!!! WoW!!!

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