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In reply to the discussion: Post here if you support self-determination for Puerto Rico [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)45. It was up to them and they chose.
Having the status quo on the list of options would have made no difference. It's colonialist to pretend that Puerto Ricans still want to be totally powerless or would prefer to be even more powerless by turning into an Indian reservation or the Caymans.
The HuffPo article was written by an ultraconservative defender of colonialism. Gershman sounds like a retired British colonel writing about Ireland or India.
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If other states already in the Union decide they want independence can they go too?
GreenStormCloud
Nov 2012
#48
Puerto Rico isn't a state...it's a colony. That's what "commonwealth" status means
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#51
It's not about forcing them at all...they just VOTED for a pro-statehood party.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#7
Nobody voluntarily chooses a colonial status quo as their act of self-determination.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#32
53% said they wanted change overall-we can't assume those in the 46% truly wanted the status quo.
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#39
You sound like you're convinced that Puerto Ricans want the status quo after all
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#42
Which makes no sense, since Commonwealth status is right-wing and exploitative
Ken Burch
Nov 2012
#73
Sure. Swap one of the seccssionist states and we won't have to change the flag.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#35
After Occupying Them For Over A Century We Have A Moral Obligation To Them/nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#65
Well, Maybe Because Like A Lot Of States They Get More From DC Than They Give
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#71
I support Statehood. Especially since right wing, red state yarblockos are massively overrepresented
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2012
#76
Republicans will limit it to what is good for republicans based on race....nt
Evasporque
Nov 2012
#80
I support Self Determination for Puerto Rico. I wonder what the threshold should be for change
stevenleser
Nov 2012
#81
Let the people of PR decide if they want statehood or independence or the status quo.
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#82