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At least not that I can remember! imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #1
Civil War Not Ruth Oct 2017 #2
We were divided by geographical lines. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #3
War of 1812 against Brits Not Ruth Oct 2017 #4
each generation is so different - and it is hard to directly compare NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #5
brothers killed each other. we lost a full 2% of our entire population over the course of 4 years. unblock Oct 2017 #6
A Civil War is unfathomable because the divisions are ideological, not geographical. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #13
it is fathomable, at least in the sense that a convenient geographical border isn't a requirement unblock Oct 2017 #17
I think it's always divided Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #7
The late 1960s were pretty crazy. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #8
the cleavages got to be pretty four dimensional Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2017 #12
I think people were a lot more divided at the peak of the anti-war movement than today Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2017 #9
I was in junior high school and had teachers who favored Vietnamization who I didn't loathe. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #10
Is 60-30 "divided"? brooklynite Oct 2017 #11
That is actually a good point but the division is closer to 60-40 DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #14
The advent of cable TV & the internet transformed sparks into a raging fire. VOX Oct 2017 #15
The latest data informs that the sharpest political divides are between large urban concentrations. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #16
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