Would an Obama re-election in 2012 trigger a Civil War?

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by rhawkins74

... there are thousands upon thousands of Black people that don't like Obama, and don't agree with what he is doing in office.

Talk about your weasel words, "thousands and thousands!" Hell there were thousands and thousands who didn't vote for Obama in the first place. Thousands and thousands. Dude, at least come up with some marginally impressive like, 'hundreds of thousands?"

[VMH2507]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

And it's also worth pointing out that such riots didn't have anything to do with elections, but rather assassinations. I don't want to even go any further with a hypothetical scenario here.

Hmmm....... you must be thinking about different riots than the ones I was referencing. NO was due to a hurricane and the response (or maybe just an opportunity to let off steam and take stuff you thought you deserved). The Watts riot was brought on by police brutality of Rodney King. Neither had anything to do with an assassination.

[Bill Keegan]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

But for some reason, they weren't aghast when many of these same policies were enacted by the previous administration. I'm sure it's just party affiliation that accounts for the stark contrast.

And what policies can you point to that people are protesting now, and did not protest when a past president was implementing them?