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« on: November 19, 2016, 07:05:42 AM »
Assuming there's a clear legal path for this (which I can't see, tbh).

Not an American citizen, but "No". The idea of a state seceding largely due to election results doesn't appeal to me.

Note: this poll is about whether you would support it at this point, not "what if XXX happens".
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2016, 07:30:48 AM »
depends on how the next few years go (normal)
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2016, 08:16:00 AM »
Quote from: 🆒 on November 19, 2016, 07:30:48 AM
depends on how the next few years go (normal)
But you are open to it? That is what I am abd how I woud describe my position.
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2016, 12:24:40 PM »
Yes! Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2016, 12:25:07 PM »
Only for the California coast.
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2016, 12:28:06 PM »
Yes; President Trump's re-election will be eased without those 55 rotten electoral votes.
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2016, 12:36:21 PM »
No, I am not really interested in becoming a foreign student.
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« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2016, 12:38:29 PM »
Not if I lived in California, but if California voted to secede and needed the rest of the US to ratify it, I would vote to let them go.
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« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2016, 12:38:39 PM »
lol, no.
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« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2016, 12:52:25 PM »
No, supporting secession because of an election is exactly what happened in 1860, and look where that got us.
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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2016, 12:53:50 PM »
Quote from: Zioneer on November 19, 2016, 12:52:25 PM
No, supporting secession because of an election is exactly what happened in 1860, and look where that got us.

Personally, I'd welcome showing California just what it's like. Can this time's Sherman be from Georgia for extra irony too?
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« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2016, 03:12:42 PM »
Can all of the Clinton states secede? I'd love nothing more than to see the Trump states rejoice about being free from the "libtard urban elite white hate group", only to watch their new country rapidly become a third world dictatorship.
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« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2016, 03:37:36 PM »
I don't support a second Civil War.
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« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2016, 05:02:27 PM »
I support the people's right to secede at any time for any reason, but this is a stupid reason.
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« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2016, 05:21:29 PM »
Quote from: Enduro on November 19, 2016, 05:02:27 PM
I support the people's right to secede at any time for any reason, but this is a stupid reason.
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« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2016, 05:47:59 PM »
No.  States can't secede.  We had a little heated discussion about this about 150 years ago and settled this question.  It's shameful to their legacy that people would even propose it.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2016, 06:01:55 PM »
Quote from: Green Line on November 19, 2016, 05:47:59 PM
No.  States can't secede.  We had a little heated discussion about this about 150 years ago and settled this question.  It's shameful to their legacy that people would even propose it.

Were the events of 1989 shameful to the legacy of those who died in 1956 to prevent secession from the Warsaw Pact?
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2016, 06:11:38 PM »
Quote from: mencken on November 19, 2016, 06:01:55 PM
Quote from: Green Line on November 19, 2016, 05:47:59 PM
No.  States can't secede.  We had a little heated discussion about this about 150 years ago and settled this question.  It's shameful to their legacy that people would even propose it.

Were the events of 1989 shameful to the legacy of those who died in 1956 to prevent secession from the Warsaw Pact?

lol
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2016, 06:38:12 PM »
     Nah, I'd rather not have to flee to the (remaining) United States.
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« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2016, 07:14:33 PM »
Ever? I mean, I can imagine a hypothetical scenario where secession might be the least bad option, but breaking up the country because you lost an election is stupid and short-sighted.
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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2016, 07:21:18 PM »
No, and if they try, President Pence should use force to keep them in.
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« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2016, 08:05:49 PM »
Quote from: The Resistance on November 19, 2016, 03:12:42 PM
Can all of the Clinton states secede? I'd love nothing more than to see the Trump states rejoice about being free from the "libtard urban elite white hate group", only to watch their new country rapidly become a third world dictatorship.
... The only Trump state not connected to the rest of the states is Alaska. Clinton states would be in four sections: CA+OR+WA+HI, MN, IL, and then New England+NY+NJ+MD+DC+DE+VA. I can only imagine how terribly MN and IL would function.
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« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2016, 08:20:32 PM »
No!



Cal-Exit ("Calexit" doesn't work like Brexit did) would turn this 279-259 D win into a R win. If you're reading this as a Republican than FL soon turns gray as more returns come in and the Democrats win by 5 votes because FL ruins everything. If you're not than it doesn't.
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« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2016, 08:24:36 PM »
Quote from: Cold Warrior on November 19, 2016, 07:21:18 PM
No, and if they try, President Pence should use force to keep them in.

Because forcing people to do things against their will is an ethically right decision.
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« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2016, 08:34:54 PM »
Quote from: Enduro on November 19, 2016, 08:24:36 PM
Quote from: Cold Warrior on November 19, 2016, 07:21:18 PM
No, and if they try, President Pence should use force to keep them in.

Because forcing people to do things against their will is an ethically right decision.

Quite often, yes. Individuals often will all sorts of terrible things.
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