Ours is a nation in distress - let's put an end to our collective misery?
I'll attempt to keep this short and sweet and to the point.
In The Tempest, Shakespeare wrote "misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
The inscription on the 'liberty bell' is absolutely priceless in its vulgarity.
On a personal level I have lived with this liberty bell lie the entirety of my life having been named Allen after Allentown, Pennsylvania where the liberty bell arrived on September 23rd 1777 when the British invaded Philadelphia. I was born 180 years to the day later. It was typical of many black parents of the past trying to show their patriotism - that they meant the American Republic no ill will for its vile history to name their children in some way after some American hero or event. The popular story told then and now about this episode in American history regarding the bell was that it was taken to Allentown and hidden in the basement of a church so that when the British invaded Philadelphia they didn't capture it and melt it down and use it as a cannon in the war. It wasn't until the age of 13 that I was informed by a history major teacher that this proud, patriotic story I told so often (making an absolute ass of myself in retrospect) had a glaring hole in it - that the bell was made out of copper and tin (as witnessed it couldn't take a ringing much less a blast from a cannon) and that cannons of the day were made out of bronze. My dad and I always had honest conversations but I was very hesitant to tell him this fact. It took me a whole 2 weeks to build up the courage to tell him what was apt and true. The lies embedded in the patriotic stories of this ethnic hatred filled shit-pit of a republic go out the door and round the block - that's just one lie of many others - shit being peddled as truth til this very day.
Back to the subject at hand.............
From its inception in 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had a constitutional amendment - article 72 - that allowed for any Republic within the Soviet Union to leave if it so chose to (it did just that in 1991 - three of the original four founding republics leaders came together in Belarus and dissolved the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
A "Second Republic" is the only thing left when," it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." - The Declaration of Independence - 284 words I've known verbatim since I was 11 years old.
We could be, The Republic Of Nevada.
Send me to Washington as your senator to get the ball rolling on this particular issue, be you a Republican or Independent let's work together on an issue that we both agree on. A constitutional amendment to allow any state in the republic to leave should have been instilled before the Civil War, during the Missouri Compromise of 1820 when it became clear and self evident to all that we weren't to be one nation with a common set of human values, had that happened back then - in 1820 - and we wouldn't be in this mess 203 years later.
The South would have been able to legally go their separate way and leave the rest of the nation unmolested by the vileness of their political/social beliefs - to grow in the right moral direction without them. JFK said that, "an error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it" - our national refusal to correct this mistake is how we got to now.
It's time we put the provision there i.e., a constitutional amendment to make it legally permissible for any state in the union to leave of its own accord if their citizenry collectively think it's best.
Republican Americans don't believe in Women's Rights, Civil/Human Rights, that Climate Change is man-made, Student Debt Relief, Voting Rights, far stricter gun laws (Covid-19 is a conspiracy to take their freedoms away and Critical Race Theory/1619 Project is reverse racism according to them)...... the list of our disagreements go out the door and round the block - so let's stop pretending we'll come to some meet-in-the-middle agreement because that's just pie in the sky.
I don't want to be in the same breathing space with them and their endless depraved ways of living - for me it's like agreeing to living conditions with a pedophile in the other room - they disgust me down to the core - "the thought of them doth like a poisonous mineral that gnaws at my innards." Let's put the provision there and see how it plays out.
The four economies of the states of New York, Florida, Texas and California are in the trillions individually - they can go their own ways without the rest of the union states.
We are on the verge of a second Civil War in our American Republic.
Secessionist Movements in the United States
Some state movements seek secession from the United States itself and the formation of a nation from one or more states.
- Alaska: In November 2006, the Alaska Supreme Court held in the case Kohlhaas v. State that secession was illegal and refused to permit an initiative to be presented to the people of Alaska for a vote. The Alaskan Independence Party remains a factor in state politics, and Walter Hickel, a member of the party, was Governor from 1990 to 1994.[82]
- California: California secession, known as "Calexit", was discussed by grassroots movement parties and small activist groups calling for the state to secede from the union in a pro-secessionist meeting in Sacramento on April 15, 2010.[83] In 2015, a political action committee called Yes California Independence Committee formed to advocate California's independence from the United States.[84] On January 8, 2016, the California Secretary of State's office confirmed that a political body called the California National Party filed the appropriate paperwork to begin qualifying as a political party.[85][86] The California National Party, whose primary objective is California independence, ran a candidate for State Assembly in the June 7, 2016 primary.[87] On November 9, 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidential election, residents of the state caused the hashtag #calexit to trend on Twitter, wanting out of the country due to his win; they argue that they have the 6th largest economy in the world, and more residents than any other state in the union.[88] 32% of Californians, and 44% of California Democrats were in favor of California secession in a March 2017 poll.[89] The Attorney General of California approved applications by the California Freedom Coalition and others to gather signatures to put Calexit on the 2018 ballot.[90][91] In July 2018, the objectives of the Calexit initiative were expanded upon by including a plan to carve out an "autonomous Native American nation"[92] that would take up the eastern part of California, and "postponing its ballot referendum approach in favor of convincing Republican states to support their breakaway efforts."[92]
- Florida: The mock 1982 secessionist protest[93] by the Conch Republic in the Florida Keys resulted in an ongoing source of local pride and tourist amusement.
- Georgia: On April 1, 2009, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution, 43–1, that asserted the right of states to nullify federal laws under some circumstances. The resolution also asserted that if Congress, the president, or the federal judiciary took certain steps, such as establishing martial law without state consent, requiring some types of involuntary servitude, taking any action regarding religion or restricting freedom of political speech, or establishing further prohibitions of types or quantities of firearms or ammunition, the constitution establishing the United States government would be considered nullified and the union would be dissolved.[94]
- Hawaii: The Hawaiian sovereignty movement has a number of active groups that have won some concessions from the state of Hawaii, including the offering of H.R. 258 in March 2011, which removes the words "Treaty of Annexation" from a statute. As of 2011, it had passed a committee recommendation 6–0.[95]
- Montana: With the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to hear District of Columbia v. Heller in late 2007, an early 2008 movement began in Montana involving at least 60 elected officials addressing potential secession if the Second Amendment were interpreted not to grant an individual right, citing its compact with the United States of America.[96]
- New Hampshire: On September 1, 2012, "The New Hampshire Liberty Party was formed to promote independence from the federal government and for the individual."[97] The Free State Project is another NH based movement that has considered secession to increase liberty. On July 23, 2001, founder of the FSP, Jason Sorens, published "Announcement: The Free State Project", in The Libertarian Enterprise, stating, "Even if we don't actually secede, we can force the federal government to compromise with us and grant us substantial liberties. Scotland and Quebec have both used the threat of secession to get large subsidies and concessions from their respective national governments. We could use our leverage for liberty."[98]
- Oregon: Following the 2016 presidential election, Portland residents Christian Trejbal and Jennifer Rollins submitted a petition for a ballot measure relating to secession from the United States; the petitioners withdrew the measure shortly afterward, citing recent riots and death threats.[99][100]
- South Carolina: In May 2010 a group formed that called itself the Third Palmetto Republic, a reference to the fact that the state claimed to be an independent republic twice before: once in 1776 and again in 1860. The group models itself after the Second Vermont Republic, and says its aims are for a free and independent South Carolina, and to abstain from any further federations.[citation needed]
- Texas: The group Republic of Texas generated national publicity for its controversial actions in the late 1990s.[101] A small group still meets.[102] In April 2009, Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas, raised the issue of secession in disputed comments during a speech at a Tea Party protest saying "Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that ... My hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, who knows what may come of that."[103][104][105][106] Another group, the Texas Nationalist Movement, also seeks Texas' independence from the United States, but its methodology is to have the Texas Legislature call for a state-wide referendum[107] on the issue (similar to the Scottish Independence vote of 2014). In 2022, the Republican Party of Texas platform called for the legislature to introduce a referendum on secession.[108] In March 2023, state representative Bryan Slaton introduced a bill that would add a referendum on independence to the 2024 election ballot.[109]
- Vermont: The Second Vermont Republic, founded in 2003, is a loose network of several groups that describes itself as "a nonviolent citizens' network and think tank opposed to the tyranny of Corporate America and the U.S. government, and committed to the peaceful return of Vermont to its status as an independent republic and more broadly the dissolution of the Union".[110] Its "primary objective is to extricate Vermont peacefully from the United States as soon as possible".[111] They have worked closely with the Middlebury Institute created from a meeting sponsored in Vermont in 2004.[112][113] On October 28, 2005, activists held the Vermont Independence Conference, "the first statewide convention on secession in the United States since North Carolina voted to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861".[111] They also participated in the 2006 and 2007 Middlebury-organized national secessionist meetings that brought delegates from over a dozen groups.[114][115][116][117]
- After Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election, secession petitions pertaining to all fifty states were filed through the White House We the People petition website.[118]
- After the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Texas v. Pennsylvania, Texas' attempt to invalidate 2020 election results from four states, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, Allen West said "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the Constitution." Some have interpreted this as an encouragement of secession from the United States.[119][120]
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