Did the founding fathers cut and run from the British Empire in 1776? Sometimes, if your fellow compatriots are dragging you down, you have to cut loose and leave them to the consequences of their folly.
The founding fathers cut and ran from Europe prior to that...it just depends at what point you want to pick up the analogy. Also, doesn’t it say that from time to time, the tree of freedom has to be replenished with the blood of martyrs? That we have a responsibility to cast off despotic governments. Declaring independence is a way to cast off an oppressive government. It isn’t running, it is kicking the fedgov out of the boundaries of Texas. As Davy Crockett said “When tshtf, you can all go to hell, I’m going to Texas!”.... or something like that.