Many people have strong reactions to the League of the South. The mention of secession evokes strong reactions. Even the mention of ‘cultural secession’ is found threatening. What is it about cultural secession that scares so many people? The answer to this is found in Germany’s reaction to homeschoolers.  The nation of Germany requires all students attend public schools. The purpose of the law  requiring all children to attend public school is to avoid “the emergence of parallel societies based on separate philosophical convictions“. In other words Germany wants a homogeneous society where all the children are taught the same and have the same philosophical convictions (values).

One of the reasons cultural secession is viewed as a threat is that it allows a group of people to develop a separate philosophical conviction. It fosters the development of a separate culture and value system, that the State does not control the content of. It allows the development of free thought. When all the children and families do not march in lock step with the empire, it is viewed as a threat.

Cultural secession takes the control away from the government control systems and returns it to the parents and families.  Regimes often feel threatened when someone does not kowtow to their control systems. The raising of questions is seen as a threat to the whole system.

Some people see the threat as significant. The neo-confederate movement and preservation of Southern culture poses such a threat that the University of Texas is publishing a book on the movement. The book is due out in a matter of weeks. Just a look at the authors (Euan Hague, Heidi Beirich, and Edward H. Sebesta) and the publisher says a great deal about the book and its leanings. University of Texas Press is not known as a conservative press by any means. Heidi Beirich works for the SPLC, so the Morris Dees swill is bound to fill its pages. By selecting Sebesta and Hague, the likelihood of an objective viewpoint on Southern culture is unlikely. The publication of the book is further evidence that the system is threatened by cultural secession. Taking stands for traditional values against the tide of immoral behavior in the empire has gained the attention of these authors.

The description states, “Neo-Confederacy raises crucial questions about the mainstreaming of an ideology that, founded on notions of white supremacy, has made curiously strong inroads throughout the realms of sexist, homophobic, anti-immigrant, and often “orthodox” Christian populations that would otherwise have no affiliation with the regionality or heritage traditionally associated with Confederate history.” In other words, the cultural secession of Southrons is seen as a threat, due to the influence it has in steering people back to a solid moral foundation. The authors see cultural secession as a threat since its impact is spreading to other groups.

The authors raise concerns about cultural secession amoung Southrons, yet little is made of the secession rhetoric in the Southwest. The nation of “El Norte” has been proposed to accomodate the culture of the Southwest. The idea of cultural secession has also been proposed by libertarians.Even though others have advocated secession/cultural secession, it is only the Southrons and Texans that are seen as a threat. What is it about cultural secession in these populations that is threatening? It is because it resonates in the culture. It is not limited to political choices. The cultural secession is about maintaining values, preservation of liberties, and keeping the culture alive. The South does not want ‘mainstream hedonistic values and culture’. The South does not want government control systems that ridicule their beliefs and tell them how to live their lives.

The Southron people want to live their lives without government interference. They want to raise their children with the values they cherish, where Southern virtue is values rather than ridiculed in the government indoctrination centers called ‘public schools’.  They want values based on Biblical convictions. They want a nation that protects its borders.

Free Texas!

J Murrah

Books, Culture, Current Affairs, Germany and homeschoolers, Political Well Being, Southern culture and values, southron culture, SPLC, University of Texas press

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