Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 9/29/14: Secession Movements Are Great For Liberty...

[paulitician]

 

[Discombobulated]

Modern secession movements all appeal to petty local nationalism and ethnic xenophobia......they have absolutely nothing to do with freedom for anyone.

 

[gipper]

Modern secession movements all appeal to petty local nationalism and ethnic xenophobia......they have absolutely nothing to do with freedom for anyone.

So...all secession movements including the American Revolution were about petty local nationalism and ethnic xenophobia.

Who knew?

 

[Discombobulated]

Modern secession movements all appeal to petty local nationalism and ethnic xenophobia......they have absolutely nothing to do with freedom for anyone.

So...all secession movements including the American Revolution were about petty local nationalism and ethnic xenophobia.

Who knew?

The American Revolution has now evidently been redefined to fit a modern pop culture interpretation.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[gipper]

Ron Paul is right!

"It's something that I think is going to grow, because the failure of the federal government is going to get much worse," he said. "When the bankruptcy evolves, and maybe some of these pension funds are confiscated, and the wars never end, and bankruptcy comes forth, people [will say], 'Hey, we're getting a bad deal from this. Why don't we leave?' "


He added: "I think it's inevitable people wanting to leave will be there, and the numbers will grow."

Realistically, though, Paul said he doesn't think any of these groups could actually succeed. Despite the founders' own deep belief in secession—they gained America's independence from Europe, after all—he said the Civil War set the precedent that secession would carry "very, very bad" results.

"By our history, the heavy hand of the federal government would come down," Paul told National Journal. "They'd probably shoot 'em."