{"id":3349,"date":"2012-11-20T06:47:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T06:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2012-11-20T06:47:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T06:47:20","slug":"secession-is-a-deeply-american-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=3349","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Secession is a deeply American principle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/a>
Ron Paul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Monday that secession was a \u201cdeeply American principle,\u201d amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession. Some felt it was treasonous to secede from England, but those \u2018traitors\u2019 became our country\u2019s greatest patriots,\u201d the former presidential candidate wrote in a post on his House website. \u201cThere is nothing treasonous or unpatriotic about wanting a federal government that is more responsive to the people it represents.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cIf the possibility of secession is completely off the table there is nothing to stop the federal government from continuing to encroach on our liberties and no recourse for those who are sick and tired of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since President Barack Obama was reelected earlier this month, a flurry of secession petitions from states were created \u2014 most notably from Texas, which with more than 115,000 signatures far exceeds the 25,000 signatures needed for an official White House response. Critics have said it\u2019s disgruntled voters upset that former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost.<\/p>\n

Paul wrote that secession must still be an option to be used as leverage to make sure the government doesn\u2019t \u201cencroach\u201d on Americans\u2019 liberties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the recent election only further entrenched the status quo. If the possibility of secession is completely off the table there is nothing to stop the federal government from continuing to encroach on our liberties and no recourse for those who are sick and tired of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul wrote that secession is a form of American freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt what point should the people dissolve the political bands which have connected them with an increasingly tyrannical and oppressive federal government?\u201d Paul wrote.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cAnd if people or states are not free to leave the United States as a last resort, can they really think of themselves as free? If a people cannot secede from an oppressive government, they cannot truly be considered free.\u201d – politico.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Monday that secession was a \u201cdeeply American principle,\u201d amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S. \u201cSecession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession. Some felt it was treasonous to secede from England, but those \u2018traitors\u2019 … Continue reading “\u2018Secession is a deeply American principle\u2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2181,2183,2158,2182,745],"class_list":["post-3349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-secession-is-a-deeply-american-principle","tag-oppressive-federal-government","tag-secession","tag-secession-petitions","tag-usa"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ronpaul.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3349\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}