[Ninty64]

hahahahaha! Oh goodness, that gave me such a good laugh.

So basically they'd like to preserve their quality of life and rights. They see the current state of affairs in the US as a threat to that quality of life and their rights. Consequently they are willing to go the extent of withdrawing from the US.

Ok Texas, you go ahead and do that. Have your cake and eat it too. Because that always works.

And they're right, we no longer operate under the values of the founding fathers. Because many of them were plantation owners who had slaves, and everyone being equal did not include those slaves. If you're going to bring up a founding fathers argument, you have to be more specific and explain just why such things are applicable in modern times.

Most of the people signing those petitions probably haven't the slightest clue of the repercussions that seceding would have. I know I don't.