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NYC_SKP

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2. Why not just ask if any state would secede?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 10:48 AM

Sep 2014

FWIW, I was pulling for Scotland to vote for independence; I oppose corporate globalization schemes like the EU and NAFTA and would have welcomed a return to sovereignty and independence for Scotland, Ireland, too.

I have friends in Hawaii and Alaska who wish they would become independent, one state is blue and the other red.

Of course, no state is all red or all blue, that's just divisive.

Not sure why you're asking.

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Are there deep red states that would secede if given a vote? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 OP

They are all just talk... FarPoint Sep 2014 #1

But are they smart enough to know that? CanonRay Sep 2014 #12

They may be smart enough... FarPoint Sep 2014 #22

Why not just ask if any state would secede? NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2

An independent Scotland would have sought EU membership. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #6

Two different things. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9

It kind of obviates your point, actually. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #15

No, most likely. MineralMan Sep 2014 #3

They most certainly would until the fact was presented to them that a share of their income... BlueJazz Sep 2014 #4

A few could yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #10

Depends on whether they get Blue States to continue subsidizing them. merrily Sep 2014 #5

Didn't they try that once? TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #7

No, there was no vote in the Civil War. former9thward Sep 2014 #13

Well, technically the legislatures of the seceding states did vote n2doc Sep 2014 #17

It was actually special conventions Al Carroll Sep 2014 #18

They could never survive on their own world wide wally Sep 2014 #8

Ironically, they receive far more $$$ from the feds than they "give" etherealtruth Sep 2014 #11

Yes, if they were told to.............. wandy Sep 2014 #14

Maybe we should let one bagger state secede. mb999 Sep 2014 #16

What about blue states? Long live Cascadia! Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #19

I voted no. But i think there are on or two southern states that would like to. In most states it is jwirr Sep 2014 #20

I would be in favor of a border fence KinMd Sep 2014 #21

I would like to see some go. But, I doubt any would actually do it. BillZBubb Sep 2014 #23

Possibly, but they would beg to rejoin within a couple of years Zambero Sep 2014 #24

Oh, I'm sure they'd vote YES on secession... Iggo Sep 2014 #25

I'm for all blue states seceding and forming a union with Canada. We'd get single payer. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #26

In 2011 Mississippi, buckle of the bible-belt, easily beat back a "personhood" Rowdyboy Sep 2014 #27