# 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, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174/146 "2012-11-16T17:32:54Z")

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> For the 10th time, I don’t think LA would do it alone.

And which of these southeastern states do you believe would NOT be a Christianist, anti-abortion, and anti-homsexuality state on it’s own? Are you confident we wouldn’t see a sudden return of “sundown towns”? I sure ain’t. I trust the Federal Government to protect my rights and the rights of others far, FAR more than the government of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, etc, considering their track record. I’m terrified of giving those states more power.

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> The point I’m trying to make is, if all states went solo, who gives a shit if LA made abortion or homosexuality illegal?

Presumably a woman trying to get an abortion, or a homosexual person, who lives in Louisiana.

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> I say let the states go all out in deciding how they are run.

And I say please don’t. You seem to fear the Federal Government. I fear the state governments- especially these states. Over the last 100 years or so, the state (and local) governments have a much, much worse track record with regards to taking away freedoms.

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> Look at our presidents and the men running against them over the past 12 years. There’s very little difference between Bush, Obama, Romney, and McCain.

This is as laughable as the idea from Nader voters that Gore and Bush were the same. They’re not.

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> And these people are making decisions that the entire nation is affected by. People in California and people in Texas are very different. Ditto for Tennessee and New York. Ditto for Florida and Massachusetts. So why not let each of those states run themselves the way they want to (based on whom the citizens of the state select) and give people more choices on how they want to live?

Because you run into the exact same problem at the state level- why should people in Baton Rouge be making decisions that affect Alexandrians, or folks in Monroe? Why should people in New Orleans be making decisions that affect those in Kenner? Hell, you can take it too absurd levels- why should eastern Jefferson Parish-people be making decisions that affect people in western Jefferson Parish? I don’t understand at all this great trust and faith in the state and local governments- especially when one looks at their track record.

You and me and other Louisianans have the same ability to change policy- vote, advocate, run for office. Same as in other states. When your policies don’t win in the democratic process, that doesn’t mean it’s time to take your bags and go home- it means you need to advocate harder, run for office, get people to vote, etc.

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