Why the ‘Anti-Obama States Secede!’ Story Is a Lie

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http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/w...#ixzz2CMYdAn7j


Something you see with unfortunate frequency around times of high political contention are otherwise legitimate sites and publications taking the bait and turning a bull**** story into headline news. Case in point: this absurd story about states filing petitions to secede from the union in the wake of last Tuesday's election



To give credit where it's due, that's a fantastic headline. The way it's worded, you would think that we're on the verge of collapsing into the next Civil War. Residents? In more than a dozen states? How many more states are we talking? Four? 31? Is it all of them? Holy ****, it's all of them, isn't it? We're doomed. Every state wants to secede. DOOMED!

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