Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon
by notch656a on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:14PM
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Can you lay out the conditions under which you'll accept references? I've had a lot of issues before where I provide this sort of evidence and the counterparty relentlessly and tediously explains why every single source is either wrong or doesn't meet their arbitrary standards, so I want to be sure this won't be turned into one of those situations.
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon
by nomel on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:42PM
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I'm genuinely interested in how that perspective came to be since it is, to my world view, a shocking and hard to believe claim. But, my surprise isn't worth anything. I'm unable to find search term that gives something relevant, so anything would help.
But, I think it's a bit unfair to make, what appears to be, a very bold assertion, without explaining it or allowing criticism. I have no interest (or qualification) to criticize your sources, but I would hope that someone would criticize mine.
Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon
by mgdlbp on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:02PM
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I've only heard of evidence against, that interviews of US soldiers post WWII found only 1/4 had shot to kill. I've never really looked into it; the claim is somewhat disputed, I think.
The two commonly cited books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.L.A._Marshall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Killing
r/AskHistorians doubts it: https://redd.it/22o24j https://redd.it/2od6eg