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Some Lunatics Petition White House for Secession
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Guns, duh.
Devolution
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I've always found it funny how the first people to secede are always the ones calling other people unAmerican.
No I'm ready to write off the entire south due to the massive combo of obesity/racism/lack of education/bible thumping/intentionally crippling their own education systems.
Phoenician_Viking
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When Obama rules the US, let the south go.
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Every nation has its segment of crazies. The bigger the population, the bigger the segment.
These people and, say, supporters of the extremists in other countries are of the same breed.
These people and, say, supporters of the extremists in other countries are of the same breed.
eudaemonic
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Yeah... go ahead, LA. Less disaster relief we have to burden the rest of the country with. 
I'm just going to requote this: Fight Stupid Ignorance With Stupid Ignorance: The Thread
No. lol, some of us aren't crazy!
Texas did this back during Obama's first term as well. Hell, the governor was the one doing the sabre rattling, although that was more to the tune of "And if that guy gets elected, well, there's always secession." pandering to the ultra-reds. Nothing came of it because no one is this stupid. Let the idiots have their fun; it'll end up being about as significant as a lolcat email in the end.
EmCeeGramr
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Also whenever people say "lol let the south secede, it'll just be a bunch of Republican white people going bankrupt," I feel like they're forgetting a very important aspect of Southern demographics
Hah. It says some factions in NYC have been trying to split it off from the rest of NY for a long time. I wonder how much we could make them pay for all the water that they draw from upstate. Have fun flushing your toilets at $1 per gallon.
I understand we might be offending you, but I think most people here don't want LA as a whole to fuck off. Just the backwoods, racist, bible-thumping bigots who wish to turn back the clock.
Devolution
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I'm just being hyperbolic, no one should be getting kicked out especially since the whole of the south isn't on board with the racist and bigoted down there. Prost why are you taking this so seriously?
Neuromancer
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I may sign this just to see an official (and hilarious) White House response.
RealDeadOne
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You know what I say?
Allow secession, allow the states who want to vote on it. Two scenarios follow:
a) It doesn't pass, and then we change the law back to not allow secession.
b) It passes, three years later the state is asking to rejoin the Union and nobody will ever try to secede again.
It's not gonna happen because it would be a logistical nightmare and people would likely die in the case of secession, but I really wish there was a way to teach these people that they better just try to get along with us because they do need us, and as horrible as they may think America is, it could be much, much worse.
Allow secession, allow the states who want to vote on it. Two scenarios follow:
a) It doesn't pass, and then we change the law back to not allow secession.
b) It passes, three years later the state is asking to rejoin the Union and nobody will ever try to secede again.
It's not gonna happen because it would be a logistical nightmare and people would likely die in the case of secession, but I really wish there was a way to teach these people that they better just try to get along with us because they do need us, and as horrible as they may think America is, it could be much, much worse.
Let them go and see how long they can survive on their own. Guard against Mexico or any cartel activity, have them deal with the kind of pressure we put on most hostile nations (sanctions, blockades etc). Unless Louisiana figured out how to turn rednecks into exports I don't know how they're going to make much money on their own.
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even those who would just like to see the WH response?
teruterubozu
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United States of Glenn Beck
Kinda has a ring to it.
Kinda has a ring to it.
samus i am
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Lol at the title change.
Spat_triate
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In the alternate universe where the south secedes, I will be one of the first in line for border patrol.
Aaron Strife
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Only if the US also allows Minnesota become a part of Canada.
teruterubozu
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Ironically, New England wanted to secede when the US decided to purchase Louisiana in 1803.
Unknown Soldier
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Obama should let them secede. I would like it if most of the South seceded. Except Texas. We'll go to war to retain Texas in the Union.
White House: Alright guys, if this is what you really want...
Petitioners: Wha...what? Wait, so you'll let us secede?
White House: Yep, it's all yours now, guys. We'll take care of things up here.
Petitioners: B..but...So..like, this is it?
White House: Yep.
Petitioners: But I just wanted you to know how angry we were.
White House: Go on now.
Petitioners: Fuck.
Petitioners: Wha...what? Wait, so you'll let us secede?
White House: Yep, it's all yours now, guys. We'll take care of things up here.
Petitioners: B..but...So..like, this is it?
White House: Yep.
Petitioners: But I just wanted you to know how angry we were.
White House: Go on now.
Petitioners: Fuck.
Stumpokapow
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Shhhh the end game to Operation Caliphate by the orders of the newly cloned Lord Barack Hussein Obama is to send crazy white people off world. Their destination? A top serect NBP ran slave colony on Mars. Broken and bitter they will be forced to terraform the blazing surface. The only release? Sweet merciful death. Then black males will saturate the earth, spreading their superior genes to all human female kind. Having archived the ultimate conquest, Lord Barack Hussein Obama will sit on his great white throne. His people will gather togeher and do obeisance him; letting out a mighty roar. Thus signify the beginning of a new age, a second renaissance...
Fin.
WanderingWind
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Half-white throne.
Lulz It's suppose to be symbolic.
I would love to see New Orleans and the immediately surrounding areas separate from the rest of this hillbilly state. Over and over again, we vote against our interests, and year after year we're in the competition for spots #48 through 50 in most quality of life studies. Ugh.
Tesseract
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wouldn't it be more rewarding to infect them with our ideology?
Razgriz-Specter
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The intolerance people have for the south never fails.
Loudmouthed losers from the backwoods=everyone.
Loudmouthed losers from the backwoods=everyone.
NintendoGal
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I supported the Cascadia idea. Western/Eastern WA are so different from each other in culture and voting ways.
Edit: I should clarify, the Cascadia I was behind was simply separating Western/Eastern WA into different states, not secession from the US.
I understand your point but I wouldn't say the South's negative reputation is undeserved. They've basically been on the wrong side of history throughout the US's entire existence. Not everyone, but a sizable majority.
Razgriz-Specter
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Thing is though(here in Alabama)
its a minority now, but its always such stupid stuff that you're going to hear about it.
the problem doesn't get any better though because nobody moves to those places and they stay an inward society.
Couldn't pay me any amount of money to move away from the bigger cities.
I've been there, place is overrated, expensive and dirty as all fucking hell (I mean literally, garbage all over in the streets, bags and bags just threwn into alleys, pre Katrina). Let them go, nothing missed. I have a feeling this is pretty small minority trying to speak for everyone else there though.
Not when you have to ship it because the US won't buy any.
Not to mention having to protect those waters from US and Mexican interests, lol, good luck going up against the US Navy.
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