Leftist, rightist secessionist groups meet in TN

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From the AP via Google:

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions — New England and the South — are sitting down to talk.

Tired of foreign wars and what they consider right-wing courts, the Middlebury Institute wants liberal states like Vermont to be able to secede peacefully.

That sounds just fine to the League of the South, a conservative group that refuses to give up on Southern independence.

"We believe that an independent South, or Hawaii, Alaska, or Vermont would be better able to serve the interest of everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity," said Michael Hill of Killen, Ala., president of the League of the South.

The article goes on to give brief overviews of each group's history and motives, plus a couple paragraphs on contention between the League of the South and the Southern Poverty Law Center over whether or not the League is in fact a racist hate group.

Still...the United States of (insert regional chunk of America here)?