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[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 138 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 73 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The Kremlin loves these idiots.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good sheep make the best voters.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Fear and Anger seem to be the strongest strings to puppeteer an idiot.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

And vice versa. Easy bet these people would rather have Putin as president than Joe Biden.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] ech@lemm.ee 46 points 7 months ago

Dude at the end looking at his two e's like he put them in the wrong order. Just priceless.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 44 points 7 months ago (37 children)

Republicans: "We'd win a 2nd civil war, we have all the guns!"

Bitch, do you think your civilian small-arms could stand against the full military might of the federal government!? Not even saying it's a good thing...

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Historically yes, an uprising of civilians has a great chance at asymmetrical warfare on their own turf.

You can’t destroy your own infrastructure like you can someone else’s.

Will they win? Almost certainly not.

Can they force some concessions? Probably

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If they secdee it is not "your own infrastructure" for the main country anymore.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It is though, they will still want to just reconquer and reconcile

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (8 children)

They'd pull punches but lets not kid ourselves, Texas is not going to last very long against checks notes the entire United States military

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They wouldn't stand a chance. They're power grid is so brittle. The US military would destroy it probably within minutes of an actual war being started. The people who can't stand the heat or the cold (depending on the time of year) would turn on them so quickly.

Just like the south in the civil war, they don't have the infrastructure for the logistics needed to fight a war.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

It wouldn't happen like that. We would have an insurgency and lots of terrorist attacks. You would have towns and areas that are under insurgent control, with reprisal killings at night. Shit like that. I can't tell you to take it seriously, but you ought to at least consider how it would actually look if it happened.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The south will ries agani!

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 17 points 7 months ago

If only it said the south will rye again.

Rye is awesome!

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

As a Canadian this reminds me of Quebec. They're always going on about seceding, but they're land locked, and without the rest of the country they'd be financially and socially FUCKED.

Reminder that Texas's yearly operating budget is roughly 51 billion, and they receive 62 billion in federal aid, so without the rest of the country, Texas can't even run the state

[–] Beartotem@sh.itjust.works 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Quebec isn't landlocked...

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not only is it not landlocked, it separates all of the Atlantic Maritime provinces from the rest of Canada, and governs part of the Great Lake waterways.

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[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

but they're land locked

Yeah, except for the main East maritime entryway and port lol. Classic good ol' Quebec bashing.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 31 points 7 months ago

Love how they get a random black guy/gal involved, like they wouldn't be decorating the nearest tree if these fuckers got their way.

[–] eek2121@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (11 children)

It is funny to see the calls like this and also the calls for civil war. The number of texans capable of shooting down an F35 with the puny small arms they bought is zero. Shoot, replace F35 with any plane built in the past 50 years.

That is why there will never be a civil war.

Before you start mumbling something about republicans flying F35s, keep in mind you actually have to have an ounce of intelligence to fly one. If they had any intelligence they would not be republican.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

You could just be racist. There are plenty of very smart and very racist people.

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Texan here. We don't want a civil war, it's just far right nutjobs. We would do fine as our own country, but things would be worse quality of life wise.

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[–] speq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Words clearly fail them too

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 7 months ago

they already tried to secede with their electric grid...

It collapsed...

oops?

[–] virku@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Anybody good with anagrams care to tell me what it should or could say?

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I cheated by knowing what the nutjobs want this time

spoilertexas should secede from the USA because Biden doesn't let them kill refugees

[–] virku@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Thanks! I didn't know that word, so I would never have gotten that.

Also wtf!

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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

"We'll make mariguana even more illegal! With harsher punishment! And we'll make legal guns even BIGGER 'n' faster! Don't tread on me YEEHAW!"

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

The south with cries again 😂

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What the hell is this supposed to spell?

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 12 points 7 months ago
[–] MxM111@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] UpperBroccoli@feddit.de 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They kind of selling it though, looking at these tools makes you think perhaps it is a good idea for them to SECDEE the fuck off?

[–] naun@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago
[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago
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