Southern Secession: Author Challenges Americans To Consider The Possibility Of Friendly Divorce

Drastic Solution Proposed For 'Sick & Tired' On Both Sides
Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks about the Texas budget during an event to announce key budget principles for the upcoming and future budgets Monday, April 16, 2012 in Houston. Texas is in the midst of a two-year budget lawmakers passed last year that included state spending cuts of almost $15 billion. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks about the Texas budget during an event to announce key budget principles for the upcoming and future budgets Monday, April 16, 2012 in Houston. Texas is in the midst of a two-year budget lawmakers passed last year that included state spending cuts of almost $15 billion. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that cultural friction between the North and South persists to this day. After all, we fought an incredibly brutal, ugly Civil War. The battlelines that were drawn then continued to divide us through the Reconstruction period and well into the middle of the 20th century, as federal troops were once again deployed to enforce the civil rights acts.

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