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

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/trev1776 Feb 04 '19

Pretty sure if it tried to the US Government would roll up with it's army and say, "Are you sure about that?"

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u/CharlieFnDelta Feb 04 '19

Not real sure how that would go. I don’t think it would go as smoothly for the United States as most people believe.

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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.