For one thing, I do not refute the Constitution. I uphold it.
And a secession is NOT a rebellion, no matter how many times you say it is.
Oh, for Pete's sake. What is wrong with these people, anyway? Words mean things. They don't mean things people who are using them incorrectly do not like because those meanings torpedo their arguments.
Rebellion:
1. An act or state of armed, open resistance to authority, government, etc.
2. a defiance of or opposition to any control.
3. a rebelling
syn: insurrection, sedition, revolt, mutiny, resistance, contumacy, anarchy, revolution.
Secession:
a going apart, separation.
1. an act of seceding; formal withdrawal or separation,
2. the withdrawal of a State from the Federal Union,
3. the act of withdrawing from fellowship and communion.
Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged 1977. Damn thing weight 10 pounds, has more than 3000 pages, and cost me $1.75. Thanks for the workout. I always like the opportunity to dig into the thing. Makes my investment worth while.
Raise your hands, people.
Who thinks the fantasy secession that isn't going to happen anyway is going to peaceful and full of brotherly love and Christian fellowship?
Right.
So the secession would be VIOLENT.
Which automatically makes it a "rebellion".
Or don't you people study American history?