{"id":2623369,"date":"2026-07-03T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renowned-author-of-enders-game-civil-war-ii-is-here-lincoln-would-be-much-tougher-on-todays-dems-than-trump-is\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:51:53","slug":"renowned-author-of-enders-game-civil-war-ii-is-here-lincoln-would-be-much-tougher-on-todays-dems-than-trump-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renowned-author-of-enders-game-civil-war-ii-is-here-lincoln-would-be-much-tougher-on-todays-dems-than-trump-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Author of Ender&#8217;s Game: Civil War II Is Here, Lincoln Would Be Much Tougher on Today&#8217;s Dems Than Trump Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frenowned-author-of-enders-game-civil-war-ii-is-here-lincoln-would-be-much-tougher-on-todays-dems-than-trump-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> by science fiction author Orson Scott Card, who compares current American political tensions to a civil war. He comments on the political divide following Donald Trump&#8217;s election, highlighting actions by opponents such as impeachment efforts and legal challenges that he likens to secessionist rebellion, drawing parallels with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. Card emphasizes that, unlike Lincoln\u2019s use of federal force during the Civil War, Trump has exercised restraint, which he views as a positive trait. He argues that the ongoing resistance to federal authority,including sanctuary laws and defiance of immigration enforcement,mirrors the rebellion of the Confederacy. Ultimately, Card suggests that the current climate signifies a form of civil unrest or rebellion, but one characterized by greater restraint from the executive branch compared to past conflicts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Science fiction author Orson Scott Card put President Donald Trump\u2019s ascension to the executive office in perspective with a post to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US ...s \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What...s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X Thursday in which he called our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar ...s, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a> a civil war.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the best-selling \u201cEnder\u2019s Game\u201d book series is a household name. The first installment and namesake of the saga saw him receive multiple awards after its release in 1986 before a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >movie adaptation hit screens<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Card isn\u2019t one to narrow his line of vision, choosing to stay in his sphere as an author.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been vocal over the years about his faith as a Latter-Day Saint, drawing criticism for his opposition to homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday saw him wade into the waters of politics, choosing to comment on a historical parallel \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 between Trump and former President Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur current Civil War: I must point out that in 2016 a President was elected who was immediately rejected by a certain portion of the population and by state and local governments,\u201d Card wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey brought criminal legal action against Trump and impeached him before he\u2019d even had a chance to do anything, and accused him of being a dictator and the death of democracy \u2014 though it was they who rejected a lawful election and threw the Constitution out the window,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanctuary laws in defiance of federal authority are in every case the equivalent of besieging and firing on Ft. Sumter.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our current Civil War:<\/p>\n<p>I must point out that in 2016 a President was elected who was immediately rejected by a certain portion of the population and by state and local governments. They brought criminal legal action against Trump and impeached him before he\u2019d even had a chance\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orson Scott Card (@orsonscottcard) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/orsonscottcard\/status\/2072764525666037822?\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a salient point.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederacy\u2019s attack on Fort Sumter, commencing on April 12, 1861, was the beginning of the Civil War. The prior standoff that saw a garrison of federal soldiers taking refuge in the fort as the South demanded its surrender was precipitated by South Carolina\u2019s declaration of secession following Lincoln\u2019s 1860 electoral victory.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they refused to comply with the law, as Democrat officials are doing now with their sanctuary policies. Note that they too rejected the 2016 election results as the South rejected the 1860 results.<\/p>\n<p>Card added, \u201cWhen Trump won reelection in 2024, the rebels doubled down on their secession from the Union by passing laws against federal officers enforcing federal law within their sanctuary purview, all the time claiming that Trump was oppressing THEM by taking completely proper actions. So by rejecting the results of the election, they are in open rebellion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Resistance to immigration laws and federal enforcement has only gotten worse in Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p>The comment about \u201cTrump oppressing THEM\u201d seems to be a nod to the misconception, advocated by Southerners post-war, that the Civil War was a \u201cwar of northern aggression,\u201d meaning they were only defending themselves from the tyranny of Lincoln\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Card concluded Trump isn\u2019t pursuing the neo-Confederates as aggressively as Lincoln did the South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you say \u2018Trump is no Lincoln\u2019 you\u2019d be right. Trump has not arrested and charged with treason the deniers and rejectors of federal authority, including mayors and governors who threaten to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffrey-clarks-fulton-county-case-should-be-moved-to-federal-court-former-ag-meese-argues\/\" title=\"Former Attorney General Meese argues for Jeffrey Clark&#039;s Fulton County case to be transferred to federal court.\">prosecute federal officers<\/a> for enforcing the law. Trump has been far more restrained than Lincoln ever was \u2014 though the defiance of the Constitution is no less egregious. Sanctuary laws are exactly the same as secession \u2014 a declaration that the federal government has no authority here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For as much as Democrats loathe the presence of ICE, Card is right. This is tame in comparison to Lincoln\u2019s use of federal forces to occupy the South.<\/p>\n<p>One need only recall General William T. Sherman\u2019s March to the Sea in late 1864 in which his men looted, burned, and destroyed Confederate infrastructure as he made his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have declared war against the President and openly abused him as has not been done to a President since Lincoln. But the President has not sent federal troops to arrest those publicly guilty of sedition and treason, and take over the defiant government bodies and throw them in jail,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey claim to fear Trump\u2019s officers \u2014 while they are the ones who suppress free speech and try to adjust campaign laws so as to prevent the candidates they oppose from being on the ballot. California doesn\u2019t even pretend to be a democracy anymore\u2026 but Trump stays his hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is another important parallel about democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In 1860, Lincoln\u2019s name was not even on the ballot in the Southern states, excluding Virginia. Moreover, he\u2019s not tossing Democrat officials in prison despite their consistent law breaking.<\/p>\n<p>Card concluded by ultimately saying Trump \u201cis no Lincoln\u201d in that the latter would not be so lenient.<\/p>\n<p>Are we in a second civil war? 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