Comments on: Individual Secession (SNC article)

By: Suverans2

Suverans2 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:41:11 +0000

Sadly, as is so typical, this article entitled “Individual Secession” is not about individual secession at all, but rather it is about expatriation; these are two entirely different acts.

Secession. The act of withdrawing from membership in a group. ~ Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition (c.1991), page 1351

Expatriation. The voluntary act of abandoning or renouncing one’s country, and becoming a citizen or subject of another. Ibid. page 576

Secession is the act of withdrawing from membership in the political corporation, it has nothing whatsoever to do with “abandoning one’s country”.

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:58:18 +0000

albump,

Right you are on all points, sir! Welcome to Confederate Colonel.

Physically leaving is a poor choice and one that our ancestors would certainly disapprove of. They didn’t bequeath us this nation just so we could abandon it.

Separation by the choices we make in the way we live is the best – and only – choice that I can see. If we don’t make that separation, then the rest of the world would see us as no different from them and thus we would offer nothing better than what they already have. The objective is to be separate yet visible.

More on all this coming up in tomorrow’s post.

Again, welcome to Confederate Colonel!

By: albump

albump — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:34:01 +0000

This is an interesting concept. Costa Rica has such a large American community that there is an American Legion post and a Krogers there. However, I don’t believe that physically leaving the U.S. is the right answer. Small acts of secession, such as home schooling, are in the best interests of the family unit. Physically removing oneself from the nation and society won’t solve any problems. Culture changes with each generation, so one could possibly be facing the same problems which prompted an exodus in the first place.

I’m as discouraged as anyone else by the state of the nation, but I believe that we have an obligation to fight to make things better. More importantly, we are called to be salt and light, and there’s no better place to be a witness than among our own people, in our own nation.

The article rambled a bit, but I dispute it’s essential point, since we have not reached an endstate in this country, and the political and social process still works. We need to stand firm.

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:30:19 +0000

The follow-up post that I mentioned is now scheduled for publication on October 6. Here is a hint:

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”
II Corinthians 6:17

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:24:55 +0000

I suspect that many of us have had the same thought – seeing the grass greener on the other side of the fence (another country). I have a book on the shelf in front of me titled “Confederate Exiles in Venezuela” and there is a post here on “Os Confederados”. When we consider relocating to a less hostile environment, we need to remember that the cause is not our government. How nice it would be if that is all there was to it. The cause is the wicked, sinful nature of man. Like you, I could not stand the thought of abandoning my beloved South land. My ancestors toiled and sweated and bled and died for what we have here in The South. That is something that we cannot disregard.

Individual secession is an important concept. Several years ago, I had a web site named Cnristian Enclave (www.christianenclave.com). The whole idea behind it was individual and small group secession, although I didn’t call it that. I used the metaphor of an enclave – separation from the rest of the world.

We’ll cover this whole topic more in another post.

By: Lisa Botts

Lisa Botts — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:18:12 +0000

P.S. to the above post: I love my homeplace so much that I cried when we had to cut down some oak trees that were dying. The memories of playing beneath those trees was so strong that watching them being cut was almost more than I could bear.

By: Lisa Botts

Lisa Botts — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:12:14 +0000

I attend a God fearing, true Bible believing church. While attending that church does make me feel good, it’s not because they preach and teach the feel good theology so many churches do these days. It’s because I have the assurance of my salvation and know that in spite of my sinful nature, I won’t have to suffer the punishment of the lost. I had never thought of it in light of individual secession. I have also looked at the possibility of moving to another country but when it comes down to it, I can’t bear the thought of leaving my beloved home state of Alabama. Even though things are coming to a head and the government has a stranglehold on us, I would rather stay and fight for my home by any means possible. I have an attachment to my little bit of land that a lot of people just don’t understand. It’s where I was born and raised and my roots run deep. There is truly nowhere else on earth I would rather live than here.