Nicholas Goldberg: Are you worried about another American civil war? It's not imminent, but...
I don't believe the United States is on the verge of civil war. I don't believe it even though a substantial portion of Americans support political violence and despite chilling examples ranging from the scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol to the brutal beating of Paul Pelosi to the increase in armed right-wing activity. I don't believe it ...
by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Dec 12, 2022
3 minutes
I don't believe the United States is on the verge of civil war.
I don't believe it even though a substantial portion of Americans support political violence and despite chilling examples ranging from the scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol to the brutal beating of Paul Pelosi to the increase in armed right-wing activity.
I don't believe it despite warnings from experts that it's coming.
"America is rushing headlong into another civil war, and it's a matter of when, not if," Christopher Sebastian Parker, a UC Santa Barbara political in an article last month titled "How close is the U.S. to civil war?"
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