I have to admit I often have a level of cynicism that gets in the way of recognizing any actual threat. I'm very skeptical that any level of warfare, balkanization, or whatever based on the split of "libs vs chuds" would ever happen. If you're talking about skirmishes or random acts of violence or some kind of pressure on the state that ends up hurting already marginalized groups, then yeah, I'm on board. That's going to happen and already is. I'm definitely not someone who believes there will be a recovery. The creep of terror is already here. We're living in it.

I'm skeptical that the "red states" would split from the "blue states" because I don't believe that's a real thing that reflects any likelihood of armed combat against those with contrary cultural values. My chud uncle hates my commie guts but am I supposed to believe he'll be part of some secessionist movement? Some neo-Confederacy? I'm not convinced.

Should I believe they're dangerous and getting more emboldened? Sure, yeah. There's going to be an increase in right-wing terror. Is that tantamount to their Qanon delusions? I have no idea.

Guess I expressed the wrong thing and might be talking to the wrong people on this one. I have too many chuds at work talking daily about the red states forming a new government and completely splitting from the blue ones because "red states have all the guns." There's no energy in any of the levers of power to do anything like that. There's plenty of energy in I don't know...pogroms or lynching or street patrols of fascists marching into poor neighborhoods, which is how I see this energy expressing itself.

Sorry, I'm rambling. Thanks though for the crit though, honestly. Please call me a lib when I deserve it