Four states could secede from US, join Canada

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

But when all is said and done, nothing really happened in the first time.

I mean, we still exist as a nation, if that's good enough. I grew sick of all the nasty rhetoric, hate, bad handling of a pandemic, attack on the Capitol, etc... all the stuff that's all just a bad ball of garbage collectively in the end. At least you feel concerned about some of it this time, I guess.

I do agree it could be worse. I'm most concerned that since Trump doesn't have to worry about being reelectable, the already barely existent guardrails are off. Esp considering the kind of people he seems to be wanting to pick who probably won't care in the least.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

I mean, we still exist as a nation, if that's good enough. I grew sick of all the nasty rhetoric, hate, bad handling of a pandemic, attack on the Capitol, etc... all the stuff that's all just a bad ball of garbage collectively in the end.

And yet... we're all still here. I mean, even J6 ended up being nothing. I legit thought were were gonna go to war. I kept watching the TV, worried about what was about to happen to the country.. waiting.... and waiting... and waiting... and then... it just ended and nothing of consequence actually happened. I legit thought we were gonna hear some of them make some demands or threats or something. Stuff like 'either you recount/install Trump as president or we'll kill everyone here/blow up the building', something actually scary like that. Instead we got.... guy walking around with antlers?

No matter what you say about the 2016 term, we're all still here. This time though, we might not be so lucky.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

And yet... we're all still here. I mean, even J6 ended up being nothing. I legit thought were were gonna go to war. I kept watching the TV, worried about what was about to happen to the country.. waiting.... and waiting... and waiting... and then... it just ended and nothing of consequence actually happened. I legit thought we were gonna hear some of them make some demands or threats or something. Stuff like 'either you recount/install Trump as president or we'll kill everyone here/blow up the building', something actually scary like that.

Jesus, man. Now I'm understanding you a little better. But f***. Why? How? Based on what?

[oldmanwinters]

I'm surprised more states haven't followed Nebraska/Maine and moved to a split of some electoral votes based on particular districts, regardless of political leanings. I didn't know Nebraska had that in place since 1972 and Maine since 1992 but there hadn't been any split electoral votes in presidential elections until 2008 (Nebraska) and 2016 (Maine).

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Jesus, man. Now I'm understanding you a little better. But f***. Why? How? Based on what?

Dude it's easily to look back and comment now. But back then as it was happening live, we had no way of predicting what was gonna happen.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

And yet... we're all still here. I mean, even J6 ended up being nothing. I legit thought were were gonna go to war. I kept watching the TV, worried about what was about to happen to the country.. waiting.... and waiting... and waiting... and then... it just ended and nothing of consequence actually happened. I legit thought we were gonna hear some of them make some demands or threats or something. Stuff like 'either you recount/install Trump as president or we'll kill everyone here/blow up the building', something actually scary like that. Instead we got.... guy walking around with antlers?

No matter what you say about the 2016 term, we're all still here. This time though, we might not be so lucky.

With what weapons would they have killed anyone with?

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

With what weapons would they have killed anyone with?

I didn't know that then. Watching the news live as it was happening, I was assuming they were heavily armed.

I mean you remember how it felt watching it live, don't you?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I didn't know that then. Watching the news live as it was happening, I was assuming they were heavily armed.

I remember you remember how it felt watching it live, don't you?

I remember vividly. The best the mainstream media could come up with was finding a couple of pictures of some young guy carrying…. *gulp*…. Zip ties!

Other than him it was a bunch of boomers in Trump merch walking around after literally being let in by the capitol police.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I remember vividly. The best the mainstream media could come up with was finding a couple of pictures of some young guy carrying…. *gulp*…. Zip ties!

Other than him it was a bunch of boomers in Trump merch walking around after literally being let in by the capitol police.

Yeah but didn't all that come out.... afterwards?

[Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

And yet... we're all still here. I mean, even J6 ended up being nothing. I legit thought were were gonna go to war. I kept watching the TV, worried about what was about to happen to the country.. waiting.... and waiting... and waiting... and then... it just ended and nothing of consequence actually happened. I legit thought we were gonna hear some of them make some demands or threats or something. Stuff like 'either you recount/install Trump as president or we'll kill everyone here/blow up the building', something actually scary like that. Instead we got.... guy walking around with antlers?

The whole point of J6 was to invade the building and prevent Biden’s confirmation as president.

[IndigoErth]

Even if some internet wackos salivate over the idea of a new civil war, and were really hopped up on that idea a handful of years ago...honestly, I don't feel like this nation even has it in it to do it. Localized riots and conflicts, sure, but nationally? Nah. Who has time for it? Most people are probably either too busy, too lazy, too tired, and/or really don't want to see that happen to this nation, nor be involved.

Many of those who'd actually want it and would jump right in are probably those wackos and basement dwellers looking for a purpose. Edgelords who own $20 mall wall hanger 'katanas,' imagining themselves some kind of badass, or other weapon stockpiles fit for a zombie apocalypse.


Even if January 6th didn't culminate in all that some people may have hoped for, it's really not the kind of events we need more of in the history books, and there's nothing to say that it can't embolden people to be worse another time.

[CyberCubed]

The U.S. population is over 330 million, a handful (in the thousands at best?) aren't going to make a difference. It's impossible in the modern day to have any real civil war anyway, you'd have to have half the states form their own militia and that's not happening,

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Yeah but didn't all that come out.... afterwards?

No it was pretty obvious to me immediately. I think everyone’s take on it probably has to do with how biased the media they’re relying on is.

Originally Posted by Mayhem

The whole point of J6 was to invade the building and prevent Biden’s confirmation as president.

Jesus. How soft can you be? This is an insurrection: https://www.britannica.com/event/202...ar-coup-d-etat

Real weapons, real soldiers, real strategy, real results. Not a literal clown show with hicks on diabetes meds.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Jesus. How soft can you be? This is an insurrection: https://www.britannica.com/event/202...ar-coup-d-etat

Real weapons, real soldiers, real strategy, real results. Not a literal clown show with hicks on diabetes meds.

So it doesn't count as attempted insurrection because the guys behind it were too stupid? Okay.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Barkworm

So it doesn't count as attempted insurrection because the guys behind it were too stupid? Okay.

Because they weren’t armed or organized. They had no real plan.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Because they weren’t armed or organized. They had no real plan.

Weren't they supposed to find and kill Mike Pence since he was ignoring Trump's order to 'stop the count' or something of that affect?

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

The whole point of J6 was to invade the building and prevent Biden’s confirmation as president.

if they wanted to do that, they'd have brought ammunition with them.
try again.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

if they wanted to do that, they'd have brought ammunition with them.
try again.

Seeems pretty obvious doesn’t it?

[ToTheNines]

I see states are just fleeing the union, left and right.

[Bluelightsaber]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I see states are just fleeing the union, left and right.

Bro, you're kind of late to the party, this thread is from 2024