“The latest secession petition phenomenon sure has a lot of people talking about secession, which shows that the idea of it remains an important part of the American political consciousness. But, in response, most of the comments coming from political hacks display a deep, deep ignorance of the history of secession and the Constitutional realities behind it. In response, I thought I’d list some retorts to the basic myths which most of the anti-secession screeds are intent on perpetuating.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/126329.html
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