The only Southerners that I hold in disdain are the slaveowners of 1860 that caused secession, who were a small percentage of the Southern population. They're all dead now.
IMO, secession appears to be a natural political move for both the north and the South. Line up the issues, the South is noticeably more conservative and rightwing than the north.
Well then you haven't looked at the issue very close then. The division in this country is between rural and urban, not North and South. The only reason the Northern states went Dem is because we have bigger cities. As your cities get bigger, your states will swing liberal also.
You guys up north love your gays, abortion, big government, unions, high taxes, gun contol, etc.
Our city dwellers do. Your city dwellers do too.
Now why would you want to be associated with those who don't love the things you do? Just think of the enormous strides in moving a 'progressive' society 'forward' if you weren't emcumbered by Southern values?
They are rural values. Look at the county by county map. If anything the North is more conservative than the South because the South had two swaths going through even rural areas that went for Gore. All of our rural areas went conservative.
Your reply is a plethora of not too well crafted disinformation.