The Sanity of Secession

How states' rights and secession is far from "crazy" and was a concept fully embraced by celebrated American diplomat and adviser George Kennan and his admirers today at the Abbeville Institute.

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[apickle]

Speak for yourself, I have an AR-15. :)

[Ghostchaser43]

Our arguments - economic, social or political - are swiftly losing relevance because we will soon to be under a tyrannous oligarchy of Democrats, Republicans and those not identified with EITHER party - like George Soros. These elites will use the military of this and other nations to enforce their will upon the People and then we will discover all prior contentious "debates" were mere distractions to keep us from seeing the REAL agenda. But, of course, then it will be too late.

[xtremejohnny69]

@therealaj123 They left their home country though. Secession is the act of severing political ties to your country, which they did. You can't really call it a revolution because they never overthrew King George. Idk maybe we're just seeing the definition differently.

[therealaj123]

@xtremejohnny69 cont: "The leaders of 1776 never claimed their acts were legal; they said that they were choosing to break the law, and that their doing so was justified by a higher principle—namely, by the defense of the inalienable rights that belong to all individuals. It was the right to throw off a government which becomes destructive to the individual rights it is created to protect that they articulated in the Declaration."

[therealaj123]

@xtremejohnny69 No. Quoting Timothy Sandefur: "The American Revolution was not an act of secession, but of revolution—hence the name. The distinction between revolution and secession is crucial. Revolution is the natural right to break the law and overthrow a government whenever a long train of abuses evinces a design to reduce the people under absolute despotism. Secession is the idea that a state has the legal authority unilaterally to leave the union. "

[xtremejohnny69]

@therealaj123 Didn't the founding fathers secede from Great Britan?

[1Atomtan]

@therealaj123 Advocating and allowing for are two different things.

[therealaj123]

The Founding Fathers never advocated secession.

[NCIcaucus]

Thanks Jack...nailed it!

[SouthernFriedHoney]

@gunnarlarson you stupid fuck, learn some history. First off all fuck face, the South issued their Montgomery Demands -- you never heard of them? Oh shit, I wonder why not?

After they seceded, they issued five ultimatums. Know what they demanded? Demand One -- the US had to force slavery into the territories, even though the people there just voted 98% against it.

Did you know that retard? Fuck no. Learn real history dumb ass.

[SouthernFriedHoney]

@liddell001 Ilddel dumb fuck -- our country was founded on all men are created equal, free speech, free press, no cruel punishment, freedom of religion.

All of which the South shit on, pissed on, and vomited on. In fact, the Southern leaders bragged they were founded in the CSA on just the OPPOSITE -- that's what they said --"just the opposite". They were founded on Gods will for whites to enslave blacks, they said.

Got that retard?