Secessionism ≠ Racism

This video really hits the nail on the head.  I sometimes level the term socialist or statist at members of the Democratic Party, but that term is not exclusive to Democrats alone.  I have said the same of misinformed or misrepresented Republicans too.  But I feel these accusations are valid.  It goes overboard is when those on the right or the libertarian top accuse big government types of being Marxist.

In the same way, the uber-left has used accusations of institutional racism to discredit any mention of the 10th Amendment, Nullification, or Secession.  This is the state of the media today.  If it is not sensationalized and overdone to the nth degree, people don't want to hear it.  This plays to the themes of propaganda that I have been talking about recently on the blog.

I think both sides of the isle could learn much from keeping their accusations to themselves, and actually listening to the constitutionality of what is being proposed.  When you take everything back to the Constitution, liberty prevails!



Further Reading
The Untold History of Nullification: Resisting Slavery