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Poll - Are we headed toward civil war
Tensions are running high and our elected officials and corporate media are throwing fuel on the fire. Big Tech Social Media is censoring speech. So leave a comment and let me know if you think we are heading toward civil war and why (or if you don't why not). Prose only (no poems). Just so you know where I stand, I am not sure. I think it could go either way so I want to know other people's thoughts. Convince me one way or the other. I will select the best entry.
Ended January 31, 2021 • 2 Entries • Created by voiceinthewind
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Poll - Are we headed toward civil war
Tensions are running high and our elected officials and corporate media are throwing fuel on the fire. Big Tech Social Media is censoring speech. So leave a comment and let me know if you think we are heading toward civil war and why (or if you don't why not). Prose only (no poems). Just so you know where I stand, I am not sure. I think it could go either way so I want to know other people's thoughts. Convince me one way or the other. I will select the best entry.
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REllyn in Politics

a political post! (Wait!) apolitical post!

Wow, it seems most of us are steering clear of this challenge as if avoiding the plague, a term that used to be ‘not quite’ so emotionally charged. As a matter of fact, last year at this time, saying 'to avoid like the plague’ could also be said to be a phrase apolitical.

On the one hand … why not say “we’re not sure if there will be civil war”?

But on the other hand … we’ve heard warnings, louder than mere rumblings.

But on the other hand … maybe folks will have lost interest.

On the other hand, no one can read this murky crystal ball! Let’s walk across coals of fire to lie us down on beds of pins and needles. Let’s roll over, tossing and turning, onto broken glass while we try to sleep, as our brains of their own accords weigh all possibilities.

“On the FINAL hand” to coin a phrase (in perhaps these final days?), if you’re not sure where you stand, Voice in the Wind, why didn’t you make the end date for this challenge 1/19/21, just in case?