Like i stated previously, if you cannot acknowledge a state’s right to secede for any reason, then you have no rights beyond those granted by the government. Rights are not rights if they can be abolished by the government at the point of a gun. I understand that the Confederacy had not the moral high ground in slavery, but the right to secede did exist. If you could envision any reason for which you would separate yourself from a tyrannical government, and i can think of a few, secession might be your only lawful path. I am speaking in contemporary terms.
Let’s just stop with this talk about “a states right to secede”. The Recent Unpleasantness had nothing to do with “a states right to secede”. Y’all keep doing that. You go from “right to secede” and then start talking about the Confederates. The Confederacy was an evil empire. Of course “a state has a right to secede”. Stop conflating that with the entire group of slave states, and only the group of slave states, thinking for one minute that they were going to unilaterally rewrite the first Ammendment and go on their merry way. (Without actually being able to physically remove themselves.). One thing I can tell you, Reb, is that you ain’t gonna be practicing your peculiar institution ever, ever again on this continent. Go right ahead and spew “states rights la la la” if it makes you feel better. I’ll tell you this, if sympathize with the Confederacy, you are pro-slavery.