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Southern nationalism (sometimes known as Confederate nationalism) is a form of American nationalism and a political and cultural worldview which promotes the history and heritage of the Southern United States, otherwise known as Dixie. Some of its advocates simply see it as an organic American cultural heritage, contrasting Southern culture to the Yankee culture of the north east, while others, typically described as neo-Confederates, advocate outright a second Southern secession on the grounds of white nationalism or states' rights, similar to that of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, until its defeat in the American Civil War.
Southern identity is today often viewed in a negative light, partly because it is heavily agrarian in basis, much to the distaste of bourgeois types in New York City and Los Angeles. Following President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012, the movement recaptured public attention, and has radicalized as Southern activists conclude the Union is intolerable and cannot be reformed.
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History
In the 21st century
After the re-election of Barack Obama
Southern nationalism returned to the public eye in the wake of President Barack Obama's re-election on November 6, 2012. Just one day later, Michael E. of Slidell, Louisiana started a petition on We the People, the official White House petition site, asking the Obama admnistration to "Peacefully grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government."[1] By year's end, secession petitions existed for all fifty states; as of November 16 secession petitions had garnered more than 839,000 total signatures.[2] Despite the countrywide scope of the
movement, the bulk of signatures were for Southern states. Although White House spokesman Jon Carson summarily wrote off all petitions that reached the 25,000 signature threshhold with a response entitled "Our States Remain United," the Southern nationalist cause had reawakened. Southern patriots inundated cities and towns across Dixie with 'SECEDE' and 'SECEDE From Obamaland' stickers, demonstrating just how disunited the country actually was.[3]
See also
- American nationalism
- Neo-Confederate
- League of the South
- Lost Cause of the Confederacy
- Modern display of the Confederate flag
- Sons of Confederate Veterans
- Southern United States
- United Daughters of the Confederacy
References
- ↑ Drew Zahn. Secession madness! Now 40 states join petition fray World Net Daily. November 12, 2012. Accessed August 1, 2013.
- ↑ Jessica Wehrman. Petitions popular, but secession is not legal Dayton Daily News. November 17, 2012. Accessed August 1, 2013.
- ↑ Michael Cushman. Secede stickers popping up everywhere! Southern Nationalist Network. April 18, 2013. Accessed August 1, 2013
External links
- DixieNet.Org :: Official Website of the League of the South!
- Southern Nationalist Network | Independence & Unity!
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