I hope you're right about the violence too. I'm never sure if I have a skewed idea of how crazy America has become because I haven't lived there in nearly 18 years, or whether those who are still there are the ones who need their head examined. There's some crazy shit going down there, and I was reading some Canadian articles yesterday a…
I hope you're right about the violence too. I'm never sure if I have a skewed idea of how crazy America has become because I haven't lived there in nearly 18 years, or whether those who are still there are the ones who need their head examined. There's some crazy shit going down there, and I was reading some Canadian articles yesterday analyzing the possibility of a US civil war, and how that would impact Canada. And I was like, shit, 35 million people are screwed unless we all head up to the mountains and let the military hordes have Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. We've still got plenty of water up there, and maybe we can train the polar bears to attack anything red white and blue :)
I worry about my family there. They're in Michigan now, but my bro and his wife are going to move to NC after my mother passes on and I really don't think they've thought this thing through.
Glad to hear though that you don't think it's time yet to buy an AR. If a grizzled old Vietnam vet isn't crapping his drawers yet, maybe there's hope...or maybe you just need your head examined :P
I just read an article that US alcohol deaths went up like 30% in the first year of the pandemic. I know opioid deaths spiralled during the pandemic, and many were believed to be intentional overdoses - i.e., suicides.
Then again, maybe the Big One is just around the corner if no one stops Putin and most of us won't be around for Christmas :P
If violence comes, I don't think it will be like the war of secession with uniformed armies. I think its most likely form would be terrorist tactics. If it goes past assassination attempts on politicians to non-government members of the other tribe, uniforms will be political bumper stickers and shirts. I have some shirts from years ago that I never wear, they'd make good rags. Bumper stickers, hell no. No matter which tribe. they make you a target of the other tribe. Who knows if and when that might happen. You could have a house full of guns and ammo and get sniped. Better to do as little as possible to make yourself a target of opportunity.
When I lived in the States I had anti-Bush bumper stickers in my car and my tires kept getting slashed. I had no enemies, no crazy exes, I figured it must be the bumper stickers. As much as I resented having to take them off - early right-wing censorship (today it's more left-wing censorship), I consoled myself thinking, "They won the battle but I won the war. They have to live in this shitty country that's destroying them and I'm moving to a free country.' Kind of an ugly thing to think about the mother country but that's how I felt twenty years ago...the US was going downhill but I had no idea how bad it was going to get.
What weirds me out is going down there and knowing some nutbag with a gun and a grievance could show up and mow everyone down. While i realize the likelihood of that happening is fairly small, it's not as small as it was a few years ago. But then I walk into a CVS or a Kroger's or something and everyone's all normal and stuff.
I hope you're right about the violence too. I'm never sure if I have a skewed idea of how crazy America has become because I haven't lived there in nearly 18 years, or whether those who are still there are the ones who need their head examined. There's some crazy shit going down there, and I was reading some Canadian articles yesterday analyzing the possibility of a US civil war, and how that would impact Canada. And I was like, shit, 35 million people are screwed unless we all head up to the mountains and let the military hordes have Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. We've still got plenty of water up there, and maybe we can train the polar bears to attack anything red white and blue :)
I worry about my family there. They're in Michigan now, but my bro and his wife are going to move to NC after my mother passes on and I really don't think they've thought this thing through.
Glad to hear though that you don't think it's time yet to buy an AR. If a grizzled old Vietnam vet isn't crapping his drawers yet, maybe there's hope...or maybe you just need your head examined :P
I just read an article that US alcohol deaths went up like 30% in the first year of the pandemic. I know opioid deaths spiralled during the pandemic, and many were believed to be intentional overdoses - i.e., suicides.
Then again, maybe the Big One is just around the corner if no one stops Putin and most of us won't be around for Christmas :P
If violence comes, I don't think it will be like the war of secession with uniformed armies. I think its most likely form would be terrorist tactics. If it goes past assassination attempts on politicians to non-government members of the other tribe, uniforms will be political bumper stickers and shirts. I have some shirts from years ago that I never wear, they'd make good rags. Bumper stickers, hell no. No matter which tribe. they make you a target of the other tribe. Who knows if and when that might happen. You could have a house full of guns and ammo and get sniped. Better to do as little as possible to make yourself a target of opportunity.
When I lived in the States I had anti-Bush bumper stickers in my car and my tires kept getting slashed. I had no enemies, no crazy exes, I figured it must be the bumper stickers. As much as I resented having to take them off - early right-wing censorship (today it's more left-wing censorship), I consoled myself thinking, "They won the battle but I won the war. They have to live in this shitty country that's destroying them and I'm moving to a free country.' Kind of an ugly thing to think about the mother country but that's how I felt twenty years ago...the US was going downhill but I had no idea how bad it was going to get.
What weirds me out is going down there and knowing some nutbag with a gun and a grievance could show up and mow everyone down. While i realize the likelihood of that happening is fairly small, it's not as small as it was a few years ago. But then I walk into a CVS or a Kroger's or something and everyone's all normal and stuff.