Now, despite the video, probably not everyone who reads this takes secession seriously. Well, I have one thing to say in response:
Nothing. But the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and various highly respected people sure do!!
Quote #1: The Union "was formed by the voluntary agreement of the states; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the states chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right to do so." Alexis de Tocqueville, author of the book Democracy in America, written not to long after the US' founding.
Quote #2: "We should be determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety, and happiness." Thomas Jefferson.
Quote #3: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Tenth Amendment, United States Constitution.
Quote #4: "The indissoluble link of union between the people of the several states of this confederated nation is, after all, not in the RIGHT but in the HEART. If the day should ever come (may Heaven avert it!) when the affections of the people of these States shall be alienated from each other; when the fraternal spirit shall give way to cold indifference, or collision of interests shall fester into hatred, the bands of political associations will not long hold together parties no longer attracted by the magnetism of conciliated interests and kindly sympathies; and far better will it be for the people of the disunited states to part in friendship from each other, than to be held together by constraint." John Quincy Adams.
The last quote means, in short, "Secession wouldn't be good, but it would be a heck of a lot better than being forced to stay together."
I hope I've convinced the rest of you.
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