We are going to need a flag and a national anthem.

So, basically you are saying that all black people in the South should be left to rot in a neo-confederate separatist state and all the white liberals in the South deserve the same fate? What a wonderful, progressive paragon of Northern virtue you are.

I would propose that the secession involve shipping the right wingers down to the South, and revision of our Constitution to clarify issues such as voting rights, reproductive rights, employment rights, corporate rights and obligations, etc. And if they want to ship the liberals back up here, fine. Though any woman or…

Living in one of those states I think I would be a little upset if they suddenly tried to pull this crap. I think those conservatives would be a bit surprised by how much resistance they find. See in South Carolina Liberals are gun nuts too...

I'm gonna treat myself to some tasty iguana-on-a-stick at Iguana Bob's. I'm sure I will not regret that choice later on during a side quest in Junktown.

Why is everyone's solution is to just cut off the Southern states? From a purely ecological standpoint, there's a lot of value in the South, especially in Florida. I mean, our beaches are seriously nice. So are the mangrove groves.

NPR did a project in the last year or so where they reported as if Texas had seceded. It was pretty interesting. http://www.npr.org/2012/03/30/149…

We gotta remember though, these are the guys with guns.

Yeah, it would be just like watching Russian dash-cam videos. Except it might get crazier without federal services.

This is something that is lost in the red-state/blue-state talk. The actual percentage of liberals vs. conservatives tends not to be that different in most states, but only a small difference is needed to allow the elected government to be staunchly one way or the other. We should be more concerned that a significant…

No, don't force me to be a refugee from Florida! I love warm weather almost as much as I hate the far right! Can't we slice off something cold and nasty for the secessionists?

Obama got 45% of the votes in Georgia in 2012. That's a hefty chunk of the population, wouldn't you say? We're trying down here. Hell, we may be able to send a Democrat to the Senate this year!

thanks for erasing all us nonwhite, nonheteronormative types who live South of the Madon Dixon. How very superior of you.

Thank you!! What they don't realize is that if hell exists, Reagan is there. He was a shitty person, not a role model. But I guess most of today's Christians would be in hell, too, if it existed.

I'd be sad- cause I'd have to move. I live in Georgia, and while there are defintely asshats everywhere, they're REALLY easy to avoid if you surround yourself with awesome people. It's a gorgeous state, doesn't get too cold (I HATE COLD) but still has seasons, and it's not Florida. But if it happened, I'm sure I could…

Would you trust them as an adversarial nation?

As others have said, just because the majority of the state is conservative doesn't mean the whole state is. You're disregarding a whole 30-49% of the population of those states who are just as sick of this bullshit as everyone else.

Pity Texas, which has only the island of Austin to shelter progressives and liberals. And we always forget it until we get about ten miles outside of town in any direction.

Won't be necessary. They're all going to be more liberal in 20 years, just by demographics alone.

I'm in!