▲ 460 ▼ Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're suggesting 5.2 million should be forced to migrate, and we should leave a cancerous state to its whims right next to our border? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) They may be forced to by their own state government. It’s not my issue if Texans want to do that to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago There's not a mechanism for secession from the United States. That's what started the civil war. So unless our leadership gives up on our citizens, it's not a question of being forced to. I would encourage progressive minded people to have empathy for our fellow humans and not assume that all people from "red" areas are uniformly awful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) They may be forced to by their own state government. It’s not my issue if Texans want to do that to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago There's not a mechanism for secession from the United States. That's what started the civil war. So unless our leadership gives up on our citizens, it's not a question of being forced to. I would encourage progressive minded people to have empathy for our fellow humans and not assume that all people from "red" areas are uniformly awful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago There's not a mechanism for secession from the United States. That's what started the civil war. So unless our leadership gives up on our citizens, it's not a question of being forced to. I would encourage progressive minded people to have empathy for our fellow humans and not assume that all people from "red" areas are uniformly awful. permalink fedilink source parent