The whole national divorce thing is pretty stupid, and while most of the people arguing for it are right-wingers mad that most of us think it’s wrong to hate trans people, the fact that our electoral map is broken up by states, which are then colored either solid red or solid blue, tricks even some reasonable people into thinking it makes sense. When in reality, this is what the country looks like, making clear there are basically no red or blue states.

@arossp I can absolutely guarantee that "Pro-Divorce" politicians will start mysteriously disappearing (figurately and literally) the moment "divorce" becomes a serious topic.

There's too much interstate commerce and money tied up between red and blue states for them to just go their separate ways.

@hu_logic @arossp You say that but you’re not accounting for how many people 1) don’t give any of that stuff any serious thought and 2) will get high on their own supply after they’ve pushed it for long enough.

@MisuseCase @arossp In a sense, true. But there's also ALOT of generational wealth tied up to land in places like Texas, where even the most pro-MAGA fanatics would rather maintain status quo in the "Woke States of America" than take a chance and lose it all in the "Independent Republic of Texas".

That's why talks of Texas secession always flair up around elections and die down shortly thereafter.

@hu_logic @MisuseCase @arossp

the second civil war will not be north vs. south or coasts vs. interior, it will be fought neighborhood vs. neighborhood

@ares @hu_logic @arossp Absolutely. And even if these politicians pushing a “national divorce” are all faking it and think they can back off before things really go off, there’s no guarantee that they know where that line is! They’re riding the tiger and the tiger may very well do its thing without them.