6 states siding against a supreme court decision to deny access to federal authorities seems big, if thats happened in my lifetime I've not heard of it before

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[–] 33 points 2 years ago (8 children)

bro they were massing like 200k soldiers on the border for several months before that, it's not comparable

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I think anyone who thinks this assasination of Franz Ferdinand is going to cause a great war needs to step outside for at least 3 hours. Screenshot this comment and feel free to @ me in 2-6 months when the current state of affairs has led nowhere.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    this comparison's even more ridiculous than the Ukraine one - are you really trying to say that Texas refusing to the let federal agents access the border is equivalent to the leader of a country getting assassinated by a separatist and subsequently drawing its allies & enemies into an 5 year long international war across half a continent...Greg Abbott's the new Wilhelm II and Florida is obviously the Ottoman Empire. Makes sense to me!!!!

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    angry-hex thanks to you I've been sitting here for the past 30 minutes imagining a Ben Garrison style comic where the US/Mexico border is drawn sitting in a Gräf & Stift 28 with a bloody hole through it while Greg Abbott, drawn like Wilhelm II (labeled Texas) does the liberty-weeping in one corner and in the other there's this:

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    It might be obvious in hindsight, but everyone at the time thought it wasn't going to happen... until it did.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There was already an actual war going on there pre the Russian invasion. It was a war that was started by a coup of the kiev gov. I think we will similarly need to see a coup happen before there's war here

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well I have good news for you, no matter who wins the election in 2024, at least 30% of the country will believe its illegitimate. More if we get some electoral college shenanigans.

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