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Not to them! That is the point. It was never, is never, never gonna be ever the right of one group of people in a completely geographically different location to have the right to determine what goes on in another geographic area. That's the whole "self determination" thing. The United States was never intended to be a monolithic blob. It was a Union of sovereign states. United in defense and trade but sovereign to rule over themselves as they see fit. That was what the content of the Corwin Amendment read, that Lincoln signed. And because the abolition of slavery and Jim Crow is to be considered a good thing doesn't mean that unintended consequences which brought about severe repercussions didn't develop as a result of the way their abolition came about.
The national government should not exist in any form if it cannot protect the rights outlined in the Constitution for ALL of its citizens. And the states were simply NOT "sovereign to rule over themselves as they see fit." They were bound by that Constitution, including the laws passed by Congress and upheld by the courts. That part just wasn't then and isn't now optional.
Let me ask you, and I'm bordering on defending that which I'm not defending (the systematic oppression of blacks) but let me ask you, what was keeping blacks in the South in the 60's when all this was going on? Why not some grand migration north? There was some and that resulted in the ghettoization of blacks here in the north, not really an ideal situation either I'd say, but apparently a better one than that down South by comparison.
I don't know and can't see how it's relevant. The answer to systemic, state sponsored oppression isn't to ask those oppressed to move, it's to end the f'ing oppression and defend the rights of all citizens, not those with the right skin color.
I understand that, I think my position on this has been explained in the preceding entries of this post.
OK, fair enough. I'm glad we've been able to keep this civil. No offense intended in case you read any of it that way. eace