a word on "seceders"...

They "LOVE" America; wrap themselves up in the red, white, and blue; write and sing songs about how proud they are to be Americans, swear up and down that there is no greater country on Earth (though most have never pierced

 our borders)...

Yet, amidst something that is EXACTLY what this country is all about, what it was FOUNDED on (diversity of thought and spirit, tolerance of differing views and beliefs, and liberty and justice for all), they want out. Why? Because their views of liberty and diversity and tolerance only include those beliefs and ideals that THEY hold close and precious.

To me, their America is much less of what we created 236 years ago and much more of what those who created it were fleeing.