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From: George J. Dance@novabbs.com (George J. Dance)
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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 12:19:20 +0000
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On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 2:21:40 +0000, Jordy wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 0:11:32 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:45:03 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> New York state senator Liz Kreuger is calling for New York, Connecticut,
>>> Massachusetts, and Vermont to secede from the United States and ask to
>>> join Canada.
>>>
>>> https://gdspoliticalanimal.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-york-state-senator-calls-for.html
>>
>> That didn't end well last time states tried to seceed from the Union.
>
>         Yeah, certainly as a realistic, practical idea, it’s completely
> ridiculous and silly and absurd, for countless reasons… but purely as a
> fantasy, it’s certainly quite  tempting and highly appealing, Imo…
>

I agree, that as a fantasy it's pure fun. Some people are doing that on
X, circulating new maps of North America with Canada stretching down the
Atlantic coast to Maryland, and down the Pacific Coast to Mexico.

What bothered me in this case was to hear a member of the NY state
government saying it. I found that disturbing.

Fortunately, I feel better about it. I've recently joined Bluesky (the
anti-X that's gained over 25 million new users since the election). So I
the story up there to see the lay of the land. I got only one reply.
from an angry person who told me, in effect, that as much as she
despised Trump, he wasn't worth breaking the country up over.

(Sorry for ending a sentence with two prepositions :)