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View Poll Results: Should the South secede? Where are you from?
Yes - I'm a Northerner 29 20.00%
No opinion - I'm a Northerner 4 2.76%
No - I'm a Northerner 24 16.55%
Yes - I'm a Southerner 16 11.03%
No opinion - I'm a Southerner 3 2.07%
No - I'm a Southerner 31 21.38%
Yes - I'm neither 16 11.03%
No opinion - I'm neither 5 3.45%
No - I'm neither 17 11.72%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-12-2012, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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I'd love to see the anti-government Christian theocrats have their own country and leave us alone.
That's interesting. I'd like to see the same happen with the anti-Christian government autocrats.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:04 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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Unfortunately the Southern States want to impose their views on the Northern and Western ones, who want the federal government to be involved in certain things such as education, food safety, environment, infrastructure etc. and not turn us into a theocracy.

The only way that I see an amicable resolution is to have two separate federal governments with perhaps some cooperation as needed. There are countries out there with this model.
The conservative ideal is limited federal government. A Limited federal government doesn't "impose their views" on thier citizens. That's what socialist governments do. You are projecting here.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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The problem is they wont. They want you to submit to their theocracy, in the same way as radical Islam does.
Oh yeah. Exactly the same. Women in burquas? Check. Pray five times a day and everything stops? Check. No eating or drinking from sunrise to sundown one month a year? Check. Strap bombs to babies and push them into crowded supermarkets? Check. Beat women with sticks if they're out in public alone? Check.

If you think Christians are clamoring for these things, you need to have your head examined. I mean analyzed.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:08 PM
 
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Oh yeah. Exactly the same. Women in burquas? Check. Pray five times a day and everything stops? Check. No eating or drinking from sunrise to sundown one month a year? Check. Strap bombs to babies and push them into crowded supermarkets? Check. Beat women with sticks if they're out in public alone? Check.

If you think Christians are clamoring for these things, you need to have your head examined. I mean analyzed.
Ever seen the literal translation of the bible? They have the same crap as the islamists.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:08 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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Oh yeah. Exactly the same. Women in burquas? Check. Pray five times a day and everything stops? Check. No eating or drinking from sunrise to sundown one month a year? Check. Strap bombs to babies and push them into crowded supermarkets? Check. Beat women with sticks if they're out in public alone? Check.

You need to have your head examined. I mean analyzed.


Exactly! The one you are referring to is just plain ignorant. Read his post and see.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:11 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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The problem is they wont. They want you to submit to their theocracy, in the same way as radical Islam does.
That's not the way a limited federal government works. The founders felt the federal government had three functions; protection of the nation, regulation of interstate trade, and peace treaties. All other functions of government was left to the state and local governments.

Socialist governments (our present system, national socialism, communism), like the iranian theocracy, impose their will on the citizens with a strong federal government. I hope that clears that up for ya'.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Arizona has probably thought about it the most.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:16 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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California is like France. A lot of people despise it, until they visit there.

Keep an open mind, Dutch!
I've been there. I went to boot and A school there.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:17 PM
 
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The New South will do like the British.

Black Slavery will be outlawed, so The New South (like Britain) will ship in Indians from South Asia to be the slaves.

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He's an idiot. It's clear by his posts in this thread.

Very offensive calling all southerners racists, wanting to reinstate slavery? I haven't seen so much ignorance coming from one person, and I sincerely hope he is trolling.
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Old 08-12-2012, 09:18 PM
 
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He's an idiot. It's clear by his posts in this thread.

Very offensive calling all southerners racists, wanting to reinstate slavery? I haven't seen so much ignorance coming from one person, and I sincerely hope he is trolling.
I am not calling anyone racists, but this is typical of what happens to minorities in the south.

Feds: Mississippi county runs 'school-to-prison pipeline'

Feds: Mississippi county runs 'school-to-prison pipeline' - CNN

So the reality is the reality. The south dosent get a bad rep for nothing.
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