E. Allyn (aka Norton II, Emperor of the United States): Red states are generally speaking economically dependent on blue states. (Vice versa, too, but not as much.) To whatever extent red-staters acknowledge this, they believe they're *entitled* to it. They think of blue states as also red states, but temporarily under the control of the wrong people.

If you think that we actually just need a civil war to settle this once and for all: 1. No, you don’t. 2. No, you don’t. 3. You are an idiot.

Trump’s re-election will mean four hideous years of the GOP playing constant Civil War Chicken at best - as this Heritage Foundation ghoul made clear - and actual civil war at worst. Avoiding that bloody nightmare is a pretty damn good reason to suck it up and vote for Biden.

I'd love a civil war. But no casualties, and no disruption to my lifestyle. Other than that, all good!

Civil War 2.0 is a bunch of states seceding and the rest of us not making much of an effort to bring them back. I’d feel bad for a lot of decent people stuck there but I feel bad for them as it is

These people are not going to be content with just having their own fascist red states. They want to crush us too in our blue states.

They want that *more* than they want their own fascist red states. Crushing the blue states *is the point*.

Red states are generally speaking economically dependent on blue states. (Vice versa, too, but not as much.) To whatever extent red-staters acknowledge this, they believe they're *entitled* to it. They think of blue states as also red states, but temporarily under the control of the wrong people.

Yes, an the blue states are uppity* in their disdain for the red states and therefore deserve to be humiliated. Plus, they like to tourist at the Today show but would prefer more sidewalk deference. * This can be a fair criticism but almost never actually is. I do disdain antiabortion misogynists.

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