Tea Party is the New Confederacy

[Ibanez]

This is an interesting opinion in the WaPo.

Today there is a New Confederacy, an insurgent political force that has captured the Republican Party and is taking up where the Old Confederacy left off in its efforts to bring down the federal government.

No shelling of a Union fort, no bloody battlefield clashes, no Good Friday assassination of a hated president — none of that nauseating, horrendous stuff. But the behavior is, nonetheless, malicious and appalling.

The New Confederacy, as churlish toward President Obama as the Old Confederacy was to Lincoln, has accomplished what its predecessor could not: It has shut down the federal government, and without even firing a weapon or taking 620,000 lives, as did the Old Confederacy’s instigated Civil War.

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[Pwns]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

[Ibanez]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

Just a little bit.

[Grizalltheway]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

It's an opinion piece, Cleetus.

[dbackjon]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

[Ibanez]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

Oh Christ.

[DSUrocks07]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

Oh Christ.

Just as we're traitors to Britain right?

[Grizalltheway]

Oh Christ.

Just as we're traitors to Britain right?

We won, and winners write history.

[BlueHen86]

Oh Christ.

Just as we're traitors to Britain right?

“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.” ― Alexandre Dumas

[Chizzang]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

It's an opinion piece, Cleetus.

Whoa there skippy, I'm Cleetus

[CitadelGrad]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

A traitor is one who commits treason. Separatism is not treason. The states of the Glorious Confederacy did not commit treason. They merely exercised their constitutional right to leave the United States.

[Pwns]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

It's an opinion piece, Cleetus.

A very bad opinion piece that's short on facts a high on buzzwords and hyperbole. Allow me to give an appropriate rebuttal...

"Obama! Muslin! Socialist! Birth Certificate! End of white culture!"

[Ibanez]

Oh Christ.

Just as we're traitors to Britain right?

In dbacks POV, we weren't traitors in 1776 because we came out ahead.

[Grizalltheway]

Just as we're traitors to Britain right?

In dbacks POV, we weren't traitors in 1776 because we came out ahead.

See my previous post.

[Ibanez]

In dbacks POV, we weren't traitors in 1776 because we came out ahead.

See my previous post.

Great minds, amirite?

[death dealer]

Wow, he sure seems unbiased.

It's an opinion piece, Cleetus.

Yeah, a shit-ass no good yankee pinko commie fag opinion piece.

[death dealer]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

JFC, here we go.

[GannonFan]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

A traitor is one who commits treason. Separatism is not treason. The states of the Glorious Confederacy did not commit treason. They merely exercised their constitutional right to leave the United States.

The outcome of the Civil War disagrees with you.

[mrklean]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

A traitor is one who commits treason. Separatism is not treason. The states of the Glorious Confederacy did not commit treason. They merely exercised their constitutional right to leave the United States.

more bullshit

Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis....all traitors!!!!

[Skjellyfetti]

Well, both are traitors to the US...

A traitor is one who commits treason. Separatism is not treason. The states of the Glorious Confederacy did not commit treason. They merely exercised their constitutional right to leave the United States.

I love how strict constuctionists have such a loose interpretation of the Constitution when they want to.

Where exactly does the Constitution grant states the right to leave the United States?

I will certainly admit that at the time of the Civil War... it was a constitutionally murky area.

But, just wondering how a strict constructionist interprets a constitutional right to secession in the Constitution?

[93henfan]

Our Government has become a reflection of us. He who does not agree with me is a traitor and hates America.

How dumb is that?

[YoUDeeMan]

Our Government has become a reflection of us. He who does not agree with me is a traitor and hates America.

How dumb is that?

Better be careful...there might be a Predator aimed at you right now.

But, with the government shut down, you're probably off the hook...this time.

[Chizzang]

Our Government has become a reflection of us. He who does not agree with me is a traitor and hates America.

How dumb is that?

George Bush used that to maximum effect
And Obama Care defenders are now using it

It's a weak tactic - but - historically (and I do mean throughout world history)
It has pretty much ALWAYS worked

[YoUDeeMan]

Today there is a New Confederacy, an insurgent political force that has captured the Republican Party and is taking up where the Old Confederacy left off in its efforts to bring down the federal government.

No shelling of a Union fort, no bloody battlefield clashes, no Good Friday assassination of a hated president — none of that nauseating, horrendous stuff. But the behavior is, nonetheless, malicious and appalling.

He misspelled, "appealing."

[CitadelGrad]

A traitor is one who commits treason. Separatism is not treason. The states of the Glorious Confederacy did not commit treason. They merely exercised their constitutional right to leave the United States.

I love how strict constuctionists have such a loose interpretation of the Constitution when they want to.

Where exactly does the Constitution grant states the right to leave the United States?

I will certainly admit that at the time of the Civil War... it was a constitutionally murky area.

But, just wondering how a strict constructionist interprets a constitutional right to secession in the Constitution?

The 10th Amendment.

The powers not specifically identified as powers of the federal government are reserved for the states and the people.

Have you ever taken a basic civics course in, either in high school or college?

The 10th Amendment is the foundation of federalism. Of course, low-information fucktards like you think federalism means the primacy of the federal government in all matters, because, um, you know, it has the word "federal" in it.