Do you think secession movements will ever gain serious ground again?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Not within my lifetime, at least. The American Civil War has created an association between secession & violent oppression in the minds of 90% of the population. No matter how illogical that association may be, the simple fact is that secession has been completely discredited as far as the average American voter is concerned.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Not within my lifetime, at least. The American Civil War has created an association between secession & violent oppression in the minds of 90% of the population. No matter how illogical that association may be, the simple fact is that secession has been completely discredited as far as the average American voter is concerned.

Voters wouldn't be the ones deciding this.

     Yeah, secession probably won't succeed (or even be taken seriously) if 90% of the population opposes it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I don't know why people here want to associate so much negativity to secession, outside of their centralized government ideology.

Those who love a UNITED States despise secessionist ideals. There is a firm line between being supportive of state's rights and wanting to sever union with this nation totally.

     However, there is no requirement that one who loves the United States opposes secession. Loving an area does not necessarily mean wanting to be politically joined to it. I am sure that there are many Americans who love the United Kingdom, but how many of them do you think want to be united with the U.K. under one government?

[Associate Justice PiT]

I don't know why people here want to associate so much negativity to secession, outside of their centralized government ideology.

Those who love a UNITED States despise secessionist ideals. There is a firm line between being supportive of state's rights and wanting to sever union with this nation totally.

     However, there is no requirement that one who loves the United States opposes secession. Loving an area does not necessarily mean wanting to be politically joined to it. I am sure that there are many Americans who love the United Kingdom, but how many of them do you think want to be united with the U.K. under one government?

If you don't want to be politically joined with the US, why do you live here?

     I live here as a matter of pure happenstance. I wouldn't really care one way or the other if California seceded from the United States.