mishu :
pffffffffffft! The only threat of secession is from one of the most lilly white states in the union, Vermont.
I think that “poo-poo” was the appropriate response.
Yes, Vermont is another place where a group of secessionists are feeling emboldened.
The point is that anyone who has been watching the world, lately, has noticed that people have been destroying and creating nations almost at will. Americans tend to watch such events with a sense of interest, though assuming that none of that could ever happen here – just as we watched arab/persian/muslim terrorism through the decades. But the US is not immune to these waves and it doesn’t take much to set them off. Amnesty would light so many sparks under the secessionist cause, in so many places, that it is not at all unlikely to trigger the end of our Republic – and probably not to be replaced by a new US. It would be the greatest loss the world has ever suffered and would not be good for any of us, either.
But, could you address the specific – do you believe that people who carry banners saying, “We didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us,” would not want to secede from the US if they had the chance? Explain your reasoning, please. Maybe you think that motto means something else …
