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Originally Posted by ubertuber
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I'm not saying that there is broad support for states' rights. I'm saying is that there are people who support the idea, and that they are responding to a phrase that resonates more than they are to the meaning behind it. In other words, not all of those people understand the implications of the phrase they like.
Is your post a contention that there aren't people who react positively to the idea of states' rights? If you live in GA and don't know of individuals who rally behind states' rights, you need to get out. That's not an issue of poll numbers.
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uber, we are in complete agreement.... jorgelito used the word "broad", not you.
I think that the majority of white southerners support "state rights", and that many of the younger ones....as well as many transplanted southern residents from other parts of the US, are not aware of the history or the former disasterous consequences of the struggle to preserve "states rights". Ironically, the blue states, where "states rights" is not a concept on the political radar screen, would benefit significantly, financially, if "states rights" were to gain traction. Those states send much more money to DC than they get back in federal subsidies, military spending, etc......