[JHBowden]

Separatism is clearly implied. Talk to your fellow confederates if you’re still confused.

[Travis McGee]

Nice try at the switcheroo pal. You said “treason and taking up arms.”

We’re still waiting for that reference.

Or, we can just mark you down as a troll who pulls lies right out of his butt.

[archy]

Separatism is clearly implied. Talk to your fellow confederates if you’re still confused

The last I noticed, Montana wasn't one of the Confederate states, and neither the Montana Secretary of State nor that state's other elected officials was wearing the butternut grey uniform of the former southern states alliance.

*Confederation* implies a contract between states, and they'd first have to be independent, whether de jure or de facto, for that to happen.