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dlwickham

(3,316 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:53 PM Nov 2012

Petition to deport secessionists grows in popularity

http://www.wbtv.com/story/20112509/petition-to-deport-secessionists-gains-signature

While dozens of petitions requesting that states, including North and South Carolina, secede from the United States are making national headlines, a counter-petition is quickly growing in numbers.

The petition, which was created on Monday, calls to deport everyone that signed a petition to withdraw their state from the United States of America.

The petition is among the mix of dozens posted on the White House website.

As of Thursday evening, the petition is closing in on the 25,000 signatures needed to get an official response from the government.

there's a link to the petition in the article-I signed

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Petition to deport secessionists grows in popularity (Original Post) dlwickham Nov 2012 OP

Deport them to where? DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #1

who cares dlwickham Nov 2012 #4

They'll love the availability of guns there ... zbdent Nov 2012 #16

Australia? SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #6

france d_b Nov 2012 #7

There are any number of uninhabited islands with room for them. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #11

an island with only one tree ... zbdent Nov 2012 #17

This is really a linguistic quibble DavidDvorkin Nov 2012 #13

Since they live in a fantasy world, Rincewind Nov 2012 #18

Maybe Chile (?) where all those WWII Nazis went. nt Raine Nov 2012 #20

What country would take them? lalalu Nov 2012 #2

garbage barges? dlwickham Nov 2012 #5

Oooh Oooh!! That garbage island in the pacifice!! Secessionist Island!! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #8

No roads! no schools! no post office! no big government!!! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #9

Give them what they want. lalalu Nov 2012 #15

Even better lalalu Nov 2012 #14

signed d_b Nov 2012 #3

Well, rebellion against the union IS a federal offense. Throw them out. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #10

even if we cant deport them Livluvgrow Nov 2012 #12

So this guy I know might have signed a petition for Texas to secede, although he isn't a resident. bluedigger Nov 2012 #19

DavidDvorkin

(19,486 posts)

1. Deport them to where?

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:55 PM

Nov 2012

I assume that most, maybe all, of them were born here.

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)

4. who cares

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:59 PM

Nov 2012

heard Somalia is nice this time of year

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

16. They'll love the availability of guns there ...

Reply to dlwickham (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:02 PM

Nov 2012

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)

6. Australia?

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:00 PM

Nov 2012

d_b

(7,463 posts)

7. france

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:01 PM

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kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

11. There are any number of uninhabited islands with room for them.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:16 PM

Nov 2012

Since being born here doesn't make one a citizen (by their own birther rules), we aren't going to quibble over a little matter like that.

I think maybe Somalia or Haiti might also suit them.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

17. an island with only one tree ...

Reply to kestrel91316 (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:03 PM

Nov 2012

and one pistol, with only one bullet ...

DavidDvorkin

(19,486 posts)

13. This is really a linguistic quibble

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:34 PM

Nov 2012

The petition should refer to banishing or exiling them, rather than deporting them.

Rincewind

(1,205 posts)

18. Since they live in a fantasy world,

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:49 AM

Nov 2012

how about Atlantis?

Raine

(30,540 posts)

20. Maybe Chile (?) where all those WWII Nazis went. nt

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:19 AM

Nov 2012

lalalu

(1,663 posts)

2. What country would take them?

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:59 PM

Nov 2012

We could put them out to sea on ships. A true ship of fools.

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)

5. garbage barges?

Reply to lalalu (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:00 PM

Nov 2012

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)

8. Oooh Oooh!! That garbage island in the pacifice!! Secessionist Island!!

Reply to dlwickham (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:03 PM

Nov 2012

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of secessionists

SaveAmerica

(5,342 posts)

9. No roads! no schools! no post office! no big government!!!

Reply to SaveAmerica (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:04 PM

Nov 2012

lalalu

(1,663 posts)

15. Give them what they want.

Reply to SaveAmerica (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:49 PM

Nov 2012

lalalu

(1,663 posts)

14. Even better

Reply to dlwickham (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:48 PM

Nov 2012

d_b

(7,463 posts)

3. signed

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:59 PM

Nov 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

10. Well, rebellion against the union IS a federal offense. Throw them out.

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:10 PM

Nov 2012

It's not like we'll miss them. Then they can learn first hand what it's like to be "illegal aliens" in some other country. Maybe we can dump them out of C-130's in cargo containers with parachutes. Given the obesity demographics, we might need some REALLY large parachutes.

Livluvgrow

(377 posts)

12. even if we cant deport them

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:30 PM

Nov 2012

They should lose any government benefits that they receive. Find out who signed those petitions and if they receive benefits take them away. Bunch of ingrates

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)

19. So this guy I know might have signed a petition for Texas to secede, although he isn't a resident.