Lord, help me Jesus. Do people really want another Civil War? Do people really think another Civil War will solve anything? Do people really think another Civil War will work out any better than the first one did? Too many people on both sides are wishcasting another American Civil War. Stop. A generation of men were left moldering in graves. Nothing was settled by the last one. We are still dealing with the scars from the last one.
Tyler O’Neill of the Daily Signal spun me up today. His article “Terrifyingly Plausible: Why You’re Wrong to Think Civil War Can’t Happen Here” is flat out wishcasting. He conjured up a media-approved Nostradamus to give weight to his article. Unless you want more young men and women dead, stop.
Young Tyler wrote:
Demographer, historian, and author Neil Howe hasn’t just coined the term “Millennial,” he’s also predicted the future to an eerie degree—and he thinks America’s in for very rough seas ahead. He says a civil war in the U.S. is far more plausible than most people think, and he dismisses the reasons Americans often discount that possibility.
Some Americans (points to self) don’t discount the possibility. We fervently pray against a Civil War because we studied history in school in the olden days. We know the Union was preserved, but the costs were high. But, just for the halibut, let’s see why Mr. Howe thinks it could happen:
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