# Why the hostility towards states that want to secede?

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**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174 "2012-11-16T10:33:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174/136 "2012-11-16T17:15:53Z")

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> [@BabaBooey](#):
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> What if my hypothetical new country not only allowed said free speech, but allowed even MORE personal freedom?

Is this a hypothetical, or do you think it would actually do so? Because when I hear about a republic of Louisiana, I wonder who Bobby Jindal would appoint as Witchmaster General.

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