The most divisive election ever?

Those who claim this election is the most divisive in history just don't know their history. The election of 1860 was so divisive that eleven states seceded from the union, and fought the most deadly war in US history to sustain their secession. A war that dragged on for five years, and killed more Americans than all other wars in US history combined. ONE THIRD of the United States were so unhappy that they preferred WAR to life under that tyrannical president-elect, Abraham Lincoln. Now THAT'S a divisive election!

The South LOST. THE. WAR. It took over a century to recover financially, and some say they never have fully recovered socially. 

Those who are governed by their brains instead of their emotions can learn something from this. Rioting to show your displeasure with the results of the election is not smart. Those of us who protested against the Vietnam war learned this lesson the hard way-- when the National Guard was called in and started gunning us down.  Want to see where your riots will end up?  Look at Aleppo.  The government has a virtually limitless supply of bullets, tanks, bombers, and missiles, but they DO NOT HAVE AN INFINITE SUPPLY OF PATIENCE.  Especially not Donald Trump.

Nearly every government on earth has been forced, one time or another, to declare war on its own citizens. The U.S. government has done so more than once, and has won, every time. There is no reason to suspect that it will not do so again, if necessary, to quell riots. 

That's the choice, America, and it's a stark one: stop the rioting, or expect an army to do it for you.