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Nearly Sane

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Calexit
« on: March 06, 2017, 11:04:27 AM »
Just to note that the campaign for Californian independence from the USA has started in earnest. You may find the logo familiar.



http://www.yescalifornia.org
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2017, 11:58:35 AM »
More people who, when things don't go their way, take the huff
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2017, 12:32:48 PM »
Like Brexiteers?
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2017, 12:57:23 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 06, 2017, 12:32:48 PM
Like Brexiteers?

Maybe, maybe not.

However the California thing....

Is this a historical fight these people have been waging, decades of work and toil through the generations finally paying off, culminating in a chance to hold a referendum to free themselves from the shackles with which they have been bound for centuries.

Oh no, it is because they lost and Trump is President.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2017, 01:09:33 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 12:57:23 PM
Maybe, maybe not.

However the California thing....

Is this a historical fight these people have been waging, decades of work and toil through the generations finally paying off, culminating in a chance to hold a referendum to free themselves from the shackles with which they have been bound for centuries.

Oh no, it is because they lost and Trump is President.


Which would mean you could never be justified in starting a movement for an exit since according to your post you have to already been doing it for centuries for it not to just be taking the huff.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2017, 01:20:23 PM »
Its a joke and you know it. If Hilary had won it would never have progressed as it has.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2017, 01:22:37 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 01:20:23 PM
Its a joke and you know it. If Hilary had won it would never have progressed as it has.
What's that got to do with your position on what constitutes a valid position for an exit being illogical?
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2017, 01:26:02 PM »
It was sarcasm. Surely you get that?
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2017, 01:27:24 PM »
Anyway, they should go for it, win and give the land they robbed from Mexico back.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2017, 01:29:50 PM »
For the record as a federalist at heart, I think this would be disappointing, and that the concentration should be to reform the electoral college system or have a completely rejigged system for the Presidential election as the election obviously makes the vote of a voter in California worth less than that of other states.


Also there have been secessionists movements in the past from California so it's not just the Trump election.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2017, 01:32:30 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 01:26:02 PM
It was sarcasm. Surely you get that?
which then means that you haven't presented any argument at all.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2017, 01:33:58 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 01:27:24 PM
Anyway, they should go for it, win and give the land they robbed from Mexico back.
I agree, let's give all stolen land in the US back to the indigenous people, bloody immigrants stealing land.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2017, 03:08:48 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 06, 2017, 01:32:30 PM
which then means that you haven't presented any argument at all.

No. Just an opinion.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2017, 03:09:45 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 06, 2017, 01:33:58 PM
I agree, let's give all stolen land in the US back to the indigenous people, bloody immigrants stealing land.

Can us Northumbrians have ours back as well then?
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2017, 03:11:45 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 03:09:45 PM
Can us Northumbrians have ours back as well then?
Only newcomers call themselves Northumbrians.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2017, 08:54:10 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 03:09:45 PM
Can us Northumbrians have ours back as well then?

What about getting us Kentishmen/maids out of that mongrol creation Greater London?
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2017, 08:55:37 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 01:20:23 PM
Its a joke and you know it. If Hilary had won it would never have progressed as it has.

If Hillary had won it would be Texas that wanted its independence back.
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Re: Calexit
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2017, 08:58:24 PM »
Quote from: JP on March 06, 2017, 01:27:24 PM
Anyway, they should go for it, win and give the land they robbed from Mexico back.

You could say that about TX, but nobody sober would want to be Mexican rather than Texan.

(And YES I have lived in Texas)
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