The Solution - Split the USA in half

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http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/secession
"Most countries have laws that punish persons who secede or attempt to secede. The United States has no specific law on secession, but the federal government and state governments maintain laws that punish Sedition and other forms of insurrection against the government. On the federal level, for example, chapter 115 of title 18 of the U.S. Code Annotated identifies Treason, rebellion, or insurrection, seditious conspiracy, and advocation of the overthrow of the government as criminal offenses punishable by several years of imprisonment and thousands of dollars in fines. These are the types of crimes that can be charged against persons who attempt to secede from the United States.

The U.S. Civil War was the result of the single most ambitious secession in the history of the United States. In February 1861 South Carolina seceded from the Union, and Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee followed suit shortly thereafter. These states seceded because they objected to attempts by the federal government to abolish the enslavement of black people. The mass secession led to four years of civil war and the death of hundreds of thousands of people. The seceding states established their own government called the Confederate States of America and fought the U.S. military forces with their own army. When the Confederate forces were defeated in April 1865, the seceding states rejoined the United States."

Think again Donald, before you act on your idea.

When seeking an explanation for the racial missteps exhibited by various members of the Republican Party across the nation, which had been most glaring at the beginning of the 2008 U.S. presidential race, gaining momentum and rolling along ever since, ranking at the top of the list of explanations should/must be the strategy used by the GOP for over 40 years.

The Southern Strategy, suggested by Richard Nixon, with the name said to be the invention of his strategist Kevin Phillips, lies at the very heart of a plan that would play upon race and fear as a motivating factor. 

This plan sought to attract White southern males to the Republican Party while using fear of Black voters' enrollment en masse in the Democratic Party as the bait meant to assure the enrollment of White voters into the GOP. 

Kevin Phillips, in an interview in 1970, stated: 

My observations regarding the Republican Party note that if a race based strategy is used to increase enrollment in the organization, seeking to exploit racial differences and possible biases, indeed there will be those types of elements and individuals attracted to the organization. 

I am not the creator of the racially charged Southern Strategy that was used by the GOP for over 40 years. It is historical fact.

There will be those that will think splitting the nation in half a Right Wing extremist solution.

In addition to race, the major motivating factor at the heart of the Southern Strategy, according to Nixon strategist Kevin Phillips, as laid out in Nixon's Southern Strategy: 'It's All in the Charts' ....

 

It is true that racism and bigotry are tools wielded by those in power. At this juncture in history, the historical reality of the recruitment policies used by the Republican Party for the past 40 years bears witness to the adage 'You reap what you sow'.

CynicalPatriot, I find your thoughts of interest..Somehow in the end, it's not about divide as much as it is about unity. Finding answers that will bring not only a stronger and more viable America, but a better life for all in unity_for those who still believe and call America their home.

On a side note, I noticed the discord between you and Karen Hatter. For whatever reason, two people inadvertently get off on the wrong foot at times. I actually find Karens thoughts provoking at times; never specifically racist or without foundation. I'm sure whatever her reason were in posting here on your tread, that she certainly wasn't intentionally trying to upset you or mislead any of your readers. I hope can consider that_as we all have gotten the wrong idea of someones intent at times.

As I say, we all actually look forward to hearing more thoughts like these you present, possibly provoking engaged discussion resolving the idea of;

 "our country is divided between groups of people with different visions for the future"

Thxs_1

Our country is divided between those who want limited government, respect for law as guided by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights and those who want totalitarian military rulers who sidestep all three branches of government and control all media while secretly committing genocide on true patriots -- and you know who you are.

when patriot and hatter resume  their words on racism,i pray they might remember these.racism is a thought.all men are thinkers.all men are racists.

My thoughts on this thread aren't quite as gentle as The 1's. More along the lines of "CynicalPatriot seems to be throwing a sort of text-tantrum, and is in danger of being banned due to TOS violations". Not sure why you escalated this to such a degree.

This is your warning not to it again or your account will be blocked.

I never said that her comments were unwelcome, they are. But so too are cynical patriots , yours, and mine.

I never accused Karen of being racist, I do not believe she is. However she often brings racism into the foreground for her own personal interest.

Typical knee-jerk reactions of "hater, hater, racist!" are tedious and require no 'special understanding' whatsoever.

Who is frightened? And of course people are going to get pissy when someone accuses them of doing something they didnt do. Wouldnt you?

As I noted in previous comments here, the reason for posting the link to my article was related subject matter.

My first posted comment here at this thread provides a link to my article that addresses various strategies advocated by the Right Wing, which has come to dominate today's Republican Party. Among those strategies is the tactic of secession, a tactic that has been promoted for decades on Right Wing media talk radio.

Despite refusal to acknowledge an idea to split the nation in half as an extremist idea, with fully articulated ideas on how this solution would work available at the link to the complete post of this article at Examiner.com, the idea can and would be considered by most an extremist idea.

The disintegration of this discussion thread, in the form of misdirection from the original topic, is an interesting ploy that deflects the discussion from the specific subject matter addressed here at this comment thread, which is, splitting the United States of America in two.

The belief CynicalPatriot has derived from any of the material linked within my article(s) that he has been called or is thought to be a racist is a mantle he has chosen to assume on his own.

As I stated here already, the first linked article is about the Right Wing and extremist tendencies and an idea that says split the country in half would fall neatly into the category of Right Wing extremism. 

As is my understanding, most U.S. secession issues and the movement itself revolves around efforts to amplify states rights while attempting to nullify U.S. federal authority over the states, a goal not necessarily linked to racism.

All other links and information regarding race were added to address the references made by CynicalPatriot as he has responded to elements within the linked article, elements that had not been previously highlighted here by me to indicate CynicalPatriot to be or define him as a racist.

Racism inherent in any of the groups mentioned in the linked article has a verified historical basis that has been covered by media sources independent of this site.