Conservative Author Wants Southern States To Secede Over Gay Rights, And Name New Country ‘Reagan’
Conservative columnist and former Reagan administration aide Douglas MacKinnon is out with a new book calling for Southern states to secede again, and this time, he has a nifty new name for his vision of a Conservative utopia: “Reagan”.
Texas, MacKinnon explained, was not included in his secessionist blueprint because “there have been a number of incursions into Texas and other places from some of the folks in Mexico.”
He added that the South had “seceded legally” and “peacefully” during the Civil War, but greedy Northerners like President Lincoln “waged an illegal war that was in fact not declared against the South after the South basically did what we’re talking about in this book now in terms of peacefully, legally and constitutionally leaving the union.”
MacKinnon thinks the South will rise again and he wants to name it “Reagan,” an idea which should go over as well as ReaganBook, the Conservative alternative to Facebook which didn’t even last 24 hours.
Gay rights was specifically pointed out as a reason MacKinnon wanted Southern states to create their new country, thus leaving America, like any good patriot would do.
MacKinnon called the Civil War,“The War Between The States,” and said that Religious Right activists should endorse the secessionist movement as a way to “protect our faith.”
In his column, he points to what he calls an “unhinged bias against the Christian faith.” The persecuted man does not mention what he’ll do with the gay community living in the South, or minorities, or all of those delicious federal dollars afforded to Southern States.
Audio courtesy of Right Wing Watch:
Reagan, it’s a whole ‘nother country:
If the South tries to rise again, we’ll just burn it to the ground again.
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: Anomaly100
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 14:54
Why is it that every time the South wants to secede, it’s not about federal policies or crippling regulations, but about what they don’t want to accept as a human being?
arc99 October 22nd, 2014 at 14:57
I want to know why it is that they never talk about secession after a tornado hits and they need federal assistance funded by tax dollars from California and New York among other large very blue states.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 14:54
I have a better idea, MacKinnon. Why don’t you personally secede from the Union? Just get the f*** out, and go to Russia. I hear they’re more in line with your feelings when it comes to gay people. But you better watch out. They might find out what you like to do in private, and decide you’re undesirable too.
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 14:54
Why is it that every time the South wants to secede, it’s not about federal policies or crippling regulations, but about what they don’t want to accept as a human being?
arc99 October 22nd, 2014 at 14:57
I want to know why it is that they never talk about secession after a tornado hits and they need federal assistance funded by tax dollars from California and New York among other large very blue states.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 14:54
I have a better idea, MacKinnon. Why don’t you personally secede from the Union? Just get the f*** out, and go to Russia. I hear they’re more in line with your feelings when it comes to gay people. But you better watch out. They might find out what you like to do in private, and decide you’re undesirable too.
tiredoftea October 22nd, 2014 at 15:06
So, because it went soooo well the last time, he thinks the South should try it again??!!??
And, there already are plenty of “Family Values” countries; Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan all come to mind. What’s wrong with them, aren’t his christian family values the same as muslim ones?
tiredoftea October 22nd, 2014 at 15:06
So, because it went soooo well the last time, he thinks the South should try it again??!!??
And, there already are plenty of “Family Values” countries; Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan all come to mind. What’s wrong with them, aren’t his christian family values the same as muslim ones?
mrbigstuff October 22nd, 2014 at 15:11
Being black and from the south I say let them ,Finally Allen West,Clarence Thomas,Alan Keyes,Herman Cain and a few others will find out what it means to be a house negro,When they get what they deserve in a racist country.I’ll make a bet interacial marriage will be the first to go,Sorry uncle Thomas.
Khary A October 22nd, 2014 at 15:21
You said it.
Jake October 22nd, 2014 at 15:11
i would love for the Southern States to secede from the Union – then us Northerners would not have to support those sponging grifter Red States with our tax dollars.
Foundryman October 22nd, 2014 at 17:11
It would be one way to get Penn. Ohio, Mich and Wis back to blue…I vote yes..
Jake October 22nd, 2014 at 17:17
You know something got hang with this Secede nonsense – we need a “Dump the South” movement
mrbigstuff October 22nd, 2014 at 15:11
Being black and from the south I say let them ,Finally Allen West,Clarence Thomas,Alan Keyes,Herman Cain and a few others will find out what it means to be a house negro,When they get what they deserve in a racist country.I’ll make a bet interacial marriage will be the first to go,Sorry uncle Thomas.
The last of the Thousad Sons October 22nd, 2014 at 15:21
You said it.
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 15:14
I am totally against the any state that wants to secede, but the way things are going, I’m getting to the point that enough already! Just let these ignorant un-American anarchists who are still living in the 1861-1865 American Civil War era to secede, they can even keep their Confederate flag, and see how long they can survive without financial help from the federal government.
These people need to wake up, and stop living in an alternative reality, it’s about time they come back to the real world and start living in 21st Century.
There is another seceding news in Florida:
Officials want South Florida to break off into its own state. Officials in the City of South Miami have passed a resolution in favor of splitting the state in half so South Florida would become the 51st state. Vice Mayor Walter Harris proposed the resolution and it passed with a 3-2 vote at the city commission meeting on Oct. 7.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/os-state-of-south-florida-20141021-post.html
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 15:17
I don’t really mind it if a part of a state wants to secede from the state and form it’s own. There’s plenty of historical precedent for that.
If it succeeds, I’d like to encourage Cook County to consider it as an option.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 15:21
But I think it would require the approval of a majority of the other states. Northern California used to threaten to break away and form their own state.
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 15:40
Yes, that was called “Six Californias” and was petition filed by Timothy Cook “Tim” Draper from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) which is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments.
One of the most important part of his plan was getting more Republican representation in California because splitting California would have also changed the make up of both Congress and the Electoral College.
But, the voters as they would not necessarily wish to break up the state with the cost of setting up six new state governments and five new capitals, and Congress as they may not want five more states in the mix.
On July 14, Draper announced that the proposal received 1.3 million signatures, enough to qualify for the ballot, and began submitting them to elections officials. On September 12, 2014, it was announced that based on random sampling of the submitted signatures, only an estimated 752,685 signatures were valid, which was insufficient not only to qualify the initiative for the ballot, but also to trigger a complete verification of all submitted signatures.
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:36
Only happened twice…Maine and West Virginia…one because of the civil war….You would need a constitutional amendment to do it now….fat chance pal
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 15:53
And at least one time in reverse: State of Franklin.
Rusty Shackleford October 22nd, 2014 at 15:54
Hey, this anarchist resents having these statist racists conflated with his ideology!
androgyne anode October 23rd, 2014 at 02:01
Those people are not anarchists.
Racism is antithetical to anarchism and anarchism doesn’t mean small government, or simply secession – it means no government.
Anarchism is the most egalitarian of all political models. Nothing else even comes close. The whole point of it is to abolish hierarchical power structures.
Like many things that are deeply, radically forward thinking, anarchism has been rebranded as “evil” so that it wouldn’t be tried – particularly after it was working in Spain.
wdh3007 February 21st, 2015 at 04:39
Most of the “financial help” is not federal it’s state..
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 15:14
I am totally against the any state that wants to secede, but the way things are going, I’m getting to the point that enough already! Just let these ignorant un-American anarchists who are still living in the 1861-1865 American Civil War era to secede, they can even keep their Confederate flag, and see how long they can survive without financial help from the federal government.
These people need to wake up, and stop living in an alternative reality, it’s about time they come back to the real world and start living in 21st Century.
There is another seceding news in Florida:
Officials want South Florida to break off into its own state. Officials in the City of South Miami have passed a resolution in favor of splitting the state in half so South Florida would become the 51st state. Vice Mayor Walter Harris proposed the resolution and it passed with a 3-2 vote at the city commission meeting on Oct. 7.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/os-state-of-south-florida-20141021-post.html
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 15:17
I don’t really mind it if a part of a state wants to secede from the state and form it’s own. There’s plenty of historical precedent for that.
If it succeeds, I’d like to encourage Cook County to consider it as an option.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 15:21
But I think it would require the approval of a majority of the other states. Northern California used to threaten to break away and form their own state.
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 15:40
Yes, that was called “Six Californias” and was petition filed by Timothy Cook “Tim” Draper from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) which is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments.
One of the most important part of his plan was getting more Republican representation in California because splitting California would have also changed the make up of both Congress and the Electoral College.
But, the voters as they would not necessarily wish to break up the state with the cost of setting up six new state governments and five new capitals, and Congress as they may not want five more states in the mix.
On July 14, Draper announced that the proposal received 1.3 million signatures, enough to qualify for the ballot, and began submitting them to elections officials. On September 12, 2014, it was announced that based on random sampling of the submitted signatures, only an estimated 752,685 signatures were valid, which was insufficient not only to qualify the initiative for the ballot, but also to trigger a complete verification of all submitted signatures.
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:36
Only happened twice…Maine and West Virginia…one because of the civil war….You would need a constitutional amendment to do it now….fat chance pal
R.J. Carter October 22nd, 2014 at 15:53
And at least one time in reverse: State of Franklin.
Rusty Shackleford October 22nd, 2014 at 15:54
Hey, this anarchist resents having these statist racists conflated with his ideology!
𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒽 ℊ𝒶𝓏 ❤💀👿 October 23rd, 2014 at 02:01
Those people are not anarchists.
Racism is antithetical to anarchism and anarchism doesn’t mean small government, or simply secession – it means no government.
Anarchism is the most egalitarian of all political models. Nothing else even comes close. The whole point of it is to abolish hierarchical power structures.
Like many things that are deeply, radically forward thinking, anarchism has been rebranded as “evil” so that it wouldn’t be tried – particularly after it was working in Spain.
wdh3007 February 21st, 2015 at 05:39
Most of the “financial help” is not federal it’s state..
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:19
Oh Please Go Please go now….You’ll find out very quickly what it is like to pay your own way…Reagan is a good name “Trickle Down” is what they’ll end up with LOL
mea_mark October 22nd, 2014 at 16:10
That would be their nick name for sure, The trickle down states.
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:19
Oh Please Go Please go now….You’ll find out very quickly what it is like to pay your own way…Reagan is a good name “Trickle Down” is what they’ll end up with LOL
mea_mark October 22nd, 2014 at 16:10
That would be their nick name for sure, The trickle down states.
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:23
“MacKinnon thinks the South will rise again” as WelfareStateistan?
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:26
Only with their hand out like usual for the $$$$ from the blue states…..
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:29
Exactly! It’s Official: White Folks in Red States are the Biggest Food Stamp ‘Moochers’ in the Country! Statistics reveal that the city holding the most beneficiaries of the SNAP program (a favorite target of the GOP) is 99.22% white and 95% Republican. Owsley County, Kentucky earns the lowest median household income in the country, but they are the most prolific government-takers in U.S. existence http://aattp.org/ts-official-white-folks-in-red-states-are-the-biggest-food-stamp-moochers-in-the-country/
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:30
No surprise there …only to the gopee..
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:32
Red states get +30 cents more federal spending per each $1 in taxes paid than their Democratic neighbors. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:40
It is only news to the red states…We are well aware of it and did you see the red states squeal when they had to help with aid for Sandy…they have their hand out annually for floods and tornadoes not to mention farm subsidies to the tune of $20,000,000,000 a year
fahvel October 22nd, 2014 at 16:59
shoot, DeToqueville saw the future long before the dumbass southerners did.
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:23
“MacKinnon thinks the South will rise again” as WelfareStateistan? Thriving modern businesses abandoned most of these uneducated ‘Jesus rode a dinosaur’ theocracies long ago.
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:26
Only with their hand out like usual for the $$$$ from the blue states…..
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:29
Exactly! It’s Official: White Folks in Red States are the Biggest Food Stamp ‘Moochers’ in the Country! Statistics reveal that the city holding the most beneficiaries of the SNAP program (a favorite target of the GOP) is 99.22% white and 95% Republican. Owsley County, Kentucky earns the lowest median household income in the country, but they are the most prolific government-takers in U.S. existence http://aattp.org/ts-official-white-folks-in-red-states-are-the-biggest-food-stamp-moochers-in-the-country/
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:30
No surprise there …only to the gopee..
Obewon October 22nd, 2014 at 15:32
Red states get +30 cents more federal spending per each $1 in taxes paid than their Democratic neighbors. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps
rg9rts October 22nd, 2014 at 15:40
It is only news to the red states…We are well aware of it and did you see the red states squeal when they had to help with aid for Sandy…they have their hand out annually for floods and tornadoes not to mention farm subsidies to the tune of $20,000,000,000 a year
fahvel October 22nd, 2014 at 16:59
shoot, DeToqueville saw the future long before the dumbass southerners did.
William October 22nd, 2014 at 15:33
Good luck with that dumbass. You can call it Dumbf*ckistan and elect Glenn Beck as your President.
Pilotshark October 22nd, 2014 at 15:36
smiling they did say they was going to call it Reagan which when looking into the semantics works to be Dumbf*ckistan
Dwendt44 October 22nd, 2014 at 18:40
But Glenn Beck isn’t a christian.
wdh3007 February 21st, 2015 at 04:32
What a dumb comment no wonder other terror nations want to strike us were so divided it’s pathetic a divided nation will not stand.
William February 21st, 2015 at 08:49
http://youtu.be/dbybtCfHxrY
William October 22nd, 2014 at 15:33
Good luck with that dumbass. You can call it Dumbf*ckistan and elect Glenn Beck as your President.
Pilotshark October 22nd, 2014 at 15:36
smiling they did say they was going to call it Reagan which when looking into the semantics works to be Dumbf*ckistan
Dwendt44 October 22nd, 2014 at 18:40
But Glenn Beck isn’t a christian.
wdh3007 February 21st, 2015 at 05:32
What a dumb comment no wonder other terror nations want to strike us were so divided it’s pathetic a divided nation will not stand.
William February 21st, 2015 at 09:49
http://youtu.be/dbybtCfHxrY
William October 22nd, 2014 at 15:37
Wanting to name a country after a B movie actor who raised the debt ceiling 11 times, taxes on the middle class 7 times and tripled the national debt. I’m fairly certain that if these cretins had half a brain they’d take it out and play with it.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 16:39
They obviously didn’t spend those higher taxes on edumacation.
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 17:12
They were gratuated from Jesus Summer Camps.
Foundryman October 22nd, 2014 at 17:38
If the next picture had the D moved to the end…would be hilarious!…
Khary A October 22nd, 2014 at 18:16
if I could I’d reach through the skein of time and space and slap the black kid holding the exclamation point!!
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 18:20
He thinks it says succeed.
William October 22nd, 2014 at 15:37
Wanting to name a country after a B movie actor who raised the debt ceiling 11 times, taxes on the middle class 7 times and tripled the national debt. I’m fairly certain that if these cretins had half a brain they’d take it out and play with it.
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 16:39
They obviously didn’t spend those higher taxes on edumacation.
forpeace October 22nd, 2014 at 17:12
They were gratuated from Jesus Summer Camps.
Foundryman October 22nd, 2014 at 17:38
If the next picture had the D moved to the end…would be hilarious!…
The last of the Thousad Sons October 22nd, 2014 at 18:16
if I could I’d reach through the skein of time and space and slap the black kid holding the exclamation point!!
Larry Schmitt October 22nd, 2014 at 18:20
He thinks it says succeed.
Shades October 22nd, 2014 at 16:21
To which the country collectively replied, “Oh please, oh please, oh please…”