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.
Why descend into that kind of invective?
The Confederacy is the only example of attempted secession.
I am not pro-slavery. I am pro-liberty, for everyone, of all races. That is the only argument being made.
You are the ones making it about African slavery. I am trying to point out the CURRENT absolute power of the federal government, which marches onward unimpeded. If you are happy with the unbridled power of the central government, that’s fine, but i’m not.