You know that's how the US was formed, right?
I would love to learn about your perspective though. What deep issues do you think require violence in this situation? Do you support their right to leave the state violently if the state legislature doesn't let them? What level of insurrection do you think is okay? Are they just allowed to defend themselves within their county or are they justified attacking the state government outside of their lands?
I'm excited to hear your response. I'm sure you're trying to add to the conversation and I can't wait to learn from you.
(1) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/01/oregon-state...
Why isn't "if you don't like it leave" a productive suggestion in pretty much any case?
Per the guidelines of this site, we are recommended to take the most charitable interpretation of the other commenter's post. Similarly, you could pay more heed to the more nuanced arguments of the other political side, and just ignore the non-productive arguments like "if you don't like it leave." Throwing that suggestion back over the wall, isn't going to lead to a productive conversation.
"Far away" being "within the same state"?
> "telling them how to live their lives"
Yes, tell us the horrifying tales of distinctive micromanagement the people of Eastern Oregon have to suffer from.
If you live in society featuring representative government and rule of law, no matter where you live you'll run into a situation where you won't be part of the plurality.
And yes, frequently, "population centers" are going to be where the majority of people live, which means in any state, you're going to have the same problem. Which means this complaint is essentially about the idea that certain minorities get that they should have the right to impose their values on the majority.
Don't confuse Oregon with some small New England state. It's the 10th largest, clocking in at nearly 400 miles E-W. For reference, if you drove 60mph and managed to take a straight line across it'd be over 6.5 hours of drive time, and the physical geography drastically changes in that distance.
I don't think you understand what the word impose means. How is asking to leave imposing something on anyone?
If you want to see an example of minority groups imposing beliefs on the majority you should look at BLM and lgtbq communities.
The narrative that rural counties depend on the centers for their infrastructure needs is a view that was created by the cities. In practice, people is small towns and rural counties are extremely self-sufficient. They know help isn't coming their way, and therefore are totally okay doing what needs to be done to preserve their communities' health. People grow their veggies, raise their own pigs, hold three jobs to pay the bills ...etc.
People in small towns really couldn't give 2 f()cks about people from the city, but they get pissed off because city people come and try to tell them what to do. Basically, they've not asked for any help from cities before, so why should they be handed down constrains now?
At least that's what I've seen.
The narrative that rural counties are extremely self-sufficient is utter-nonsense, cult-like thinking. They don't have the population, tax-base, or non-individualistic thinking to do anything at all. They're dead in the water without outside funding, which comes from the state/county where people actually live/work.
As for jobs, their main employers are typically some combination of tourism, ranching, and most of all, government. Often it's colleges and medical facilities that are the largest employers overall, which critically rely on state funding.
I've definitely heard people in these areas who say they don't need doctors, schools, or roads, but hopefully we can agree that it's a silly position and not an argument most people would make.