Look, morons! I’ve been saying it for years now, and it is beginning. But, perhaps, I should take a moment to fine-tune my meaning, for I seem to vacillate among phrases such as “it’s coming,” “it’s here,” “it’s a cold war now,” and “it’s a hot war coming,” among other iterations of similar thoughts. To be sure, we are in a cold civil war right now at this moment. And it is beyond the culture war; SCOTUS made sure of that. Now we’ve entered into issues related to the fundamental right to privacy. I think the cold war will intensify, and I do think eventually, we will slip into a hot war. Now, as I’ve said in prior posts, the next (hot) civil war will not be like the last. There will not be battle lines drawn and generals commanded by a president and traitor president. No! It will be state versus state and neighbor versus neighbor. States will become enemy states to each other. In fact, we are already beginning to see the emergence of feuding states that do not simply involve a war of will, cultural values, or taxes. No. We see states that are going out of their way to hold citizens of other states criminal for legal actions conducted in that person’s home state.
But, again, don’t take my word for it. I am not being hyperbolic. NBC News has a good piece from which I quote, “With some states allowing private lawsuits against out-of-state abortion providers — and other states prohibiting cooperation with abortion investigations — the abortion issue is likely to pit state law enforcement agencies and court systems against one another in dramatic fashion. … Texas law [for example] lets private citizens sue out-of-state abortion providers, and Missouri is considering a similar law. … ‘What we had in the years leading up to the Civil War was a failure of what lawyers call comity, the idea that states will respect other states’ laws’ for reasons of courtesy, consideration and mutual respect, said Ariela J. Gross, a professor of law and history at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. ‘That starts to break down when you have these really stark differences over an issue involving a fundamental right, and that’s what happened in the years leading up to the Civil War.’… ‘It’s one thing to have states fighting with each other about a tax on interstate cargo or mudflaps on trucks,’ said Wendy Parmet, a professor of law and public policy at the Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. ‘It’s not the kind of thing that tens of thousands of people take to the streets over. … We certainly have not seen since the Civil War these kinds of conflicts between the states in a context of such heightened controversy and anger.’”
Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! This is the disintegration of America happening right before our eyes — if you’re looking. We have long known that the divide between a blue America and a red America has been widening, but SCOTUS has facilitated and will further facilitate the divide. Soon, crossing from one state to the next becomes akin to crossing international borders, where some citizens are held captive like Griner in Russia. The kindling exists. It is piling up. SCOTUS is more than content to pour the gasoline and strike a match. Mark my words! Welcome to stupid America!