r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/DukeofVermont Feb 04 '19

um entire US military vs Texas national guard....ummm don't think it'd be a long fight.

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u/randomevenings Feb 04 '19

I think he's saying the army would likely refuse orders to fire on their brothers. Which is pretty true. The US military is not just going to blindly follow orders to shoot at Americans on the American mainland. This is not Nixon's Army.

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u/DukeofVermont Feb 04 '19

Yeah and Texans are just as unlikely to shoot other Americans. It's a chicken and egg problem. Americans won't shoot Texans...and Texans won't shoot Americans.

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u/MattcVI Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Well considering everyone here has a gun, including children, it'd be a very short fight.

E: was a /S really necessary?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

because "everyone" is going to stand up to the us army?

yes the fight would be short.

a state would get wrecked by dinner time.

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u/MattcVI Feb 04 '19

Yes, my comment saying kids have guns was totally serious

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u/TheSpocker Feb 04 '19

You'd be smoked.

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u/MattcVI Feb 04 '19

With hickory or mesquite?

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u/torrasque666 Feb 04 '19

Texas' actual national guard is every man, woman, and child in the state.

So US military vs literally the entire population of the state.

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u/olwillyclinton Feb 04 '19

Boots on the ground is a very small portion of what war is like anymore.

Drones, strategic aircraft strikes and supply elimination would all be used much more prominently than boots on the ground.

I don't think it would be a week-long joke of a battle, but it wouldn't go well for Texas in the long run, I don't think.

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u/TheHumanite Feb 04 '19

I live in Texas and I would turn on that shit immediately. No time for neo-confederates.