# Why the hostility towards states that want to secede? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 76
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174/76 "2012-11-16T14:56:02Z")
> [@BabaBooey](#): > > I’m a libertarian and the only legitimate voice I have in politics is about to retire. > [@BabaBooey](#): > > I didn’t care whether Obama or Romney won. Both support wars. Both support corporate and social welfare (Romney being the grandfather of Obamacare and all). Both support NDAA. Neither is willing to make the spending cuts necessary to fix this country. Both support the war on drugs. What the fuck is the difference between the two? Don’t make assumptions about me just because I would love a way out. Why do you think an independent Louisiana would be any more to your liking than the United States? LA is a majority republican state, not libertarian. Take a look at the primary results: Santorum finished first, and Romney and Gingrich both beat Paul. The libertarian candidate got about 6% of the primary vote. The Republic of Louisiana wouldn’t be some bastion of economic freedom and liberty - it would be a socially conservative, evangelical theocracy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hostility-towards-states-that-want-to-secede/641174)._