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Paul Pelosi’s Assault is More Evidence the Long-Anticipated Civil War is Upon Us
Headline from Business Insider: “The far right is calling for civil war after the FBI raid on Trump’s home. Experts say that fight wouldn’t look like the last one.”
The New York Times: “Is Civil War Coming to America?”
The Washington Post: “Is the United States headed for a civil war?”
What the media is anticipating is a shooting war like the one that ripped the country apart from 1861 to 1865.
But if we step back and consider the general definition of small-c civil war, we might realize it’s already started.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines “civil war” as, “A war between factions or regions of the same country.”
So maybe this headline from The Guardian is the most accurate: “The next US civil war is already here — we just refuse to see it.”
On Friday, Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer in his San Francisco home after a man broke in and demanded, “Where is Nancy?”
The assault left Pelosi with a skull fracture and injuries to his right arm and hands.
His assailant never got to his intended target.
