Denis Buckley

'two in five Americans think a civil war is at least somewhat likely within the next decade. The number who think violence would be justified to restore Mr Trump to the White House has fallen since last year, but still stands at 12 million. An increasingly divided country ... well armed, with almost 400m ... guns; their owners are disproportionately white, male and Republican.'

The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words | Editorial | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/16/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-political-violence-more-than-words

The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words

Editorial: Though extremist groups are under renewed pressure, the threat they pose has not disappeared

The Guardian
Jun 17, 2023 at 3:31pmWeb
Show threadKris SamselJun 17, 2023
@wellingtonrock Apparently too many people are not paying attention to Climate Change. Real meaning of Climate Change? EXTINCTION! 5 years? lol
Show threadDenis BuckleyJun 17, 2023
@humansriseup
5 years...
25 years...
250 years...
Blinks of an eye to the cosmos, to the planet...
Show threadJMaverickJacks1Jun 17, 2023
@wellingtonrock So, up to 17 percent of adult white U.S. men — nearly 1 in 5 — are considering using violence to put Trump back in power, and most of those religiously motivated fanatics own several guns?🤔If that‘s true, the U.S. is in danger, which means humankind is in danger, because the Bible’s Revelation predicts that when pseudo-Christian tyrants topple U.S. democracy, then Antichrist will destroy most of the planet. Please read: https://read.amazon.com/sample/B08MWV3TQL
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Show threadDenis BuckleyJun 17, 2023
@JMaverickJacks1
This Atheist prays that you are wrong...
Show threadJMaverickJacks1Jun 18, 2023
@wellingtonrock I support your right to believe or disbelieve in God, your right to pray or not, and your right to make your own decisions in life. Jesus promoted such rights, saying, “My kingdom is not of this world” & “Render to Caesar what’s Caesar’s, and to God what’s God’s.” Bible, John 18:36/Mark 12:17. But Jesus predicted many of his followers would be deceived by false prophets who will spread violent tyranny. The Crusades, Holocaust & January 6, 2021 foreshadow that.
Show threadJMaverickJacks1Jun 18, 2023
@wellingtonrock Nonetheless, sensible people of all faiths — and sensible people with no faith — should stand united against authoritarianism, against bigotry, against ultra-nationalism, and against all sectarian, racist and sexist violence. My atheist friend @Alan and I are in lockstep agreement on issues like that, and also on the need to keep church and state separate. Church members who agree are here: https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/statement
Statement from Christians Against Christian Nationalism — Christians Against Christian Nationalism

Join thousands Christians from across the country in standing up to Christian Nationalism.

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Show threadIamSheilaat91Jun 17, 2023
@wellingtonrock Does anybody else find it ironic that one reason Americans rebelled against the British was that George III was mad, yet today 12 million Americans think "violence would be justified to restore Mr Trump to the White House." Mad, indeed! #Trump2024 #FarRightThreat #Fascism
Show threadHippasus500 aka jwn2Jun 17, 2023

@wellingtonrock
Thanks for posting the link. One of the key sentences in the article for me was this:

“Trumpism would be best understood not as the animating principle of such a conflict, but as a catalyst.”

Believers in a collection of incendiary political ideologies have coalesced under the banner of Trumpism. That bodes ill.

Nevertheless, I consider myself an optimist; that U.S. citizens will ultimately reject extremism and find common ground.

Show threadDenis BuckleyJun 17, 2023
@Hippasus500
This Atheist prays that your optimism isn't misplaced.
Show threadDoctorJohnJun 17, 2023

@wellingtonrock
Just like any loudmouth bully, they'll crap their pants and run away when the real U. S. Military starts shooting back! The military has them out-manned, out-gunned and out-smarted.

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Show threadDenis BuckleyJun 17, 2023
@johnvjones will enough military people avoid Trump's compelling narrative of betrayal to provide a solid core of defense forces against what will be (you're probably correct) pockets of armed insurrection?