There has been a lot of gum flapping lately about the secessionist "movement." What a thoughtful, intelligent, community-oriented, and patriotic bunch those people are. And so diverse!
Digby describes their atavistic craziness in today’s blog:
. . . it’s an old old strain in American politics that asserts itself when the Conservative Southern Party shrinks to its essence.(Conservative isn’t really the right word, of course, but it’s the oxymoronic label most people now attach to this political rump. These people are radicals, always have been.)
DailyKos did a poll to find out who is most keen on the idea of secession. Turns out, it’s the people who have been screaming about liberals being the "hate America first" crowd who actually hate America first.
Among Southerners and Republicans, less than two-thirds disapprove of their state seceding. Would you miss them? Maybe the quiz below will help you answer that question. Identify the likely secessionist among the pairs pictured below.