The blog " 'We Hate the United States': Secessionists rally at Capitol while Perry stays home" written on August 29th, 2009 by Forrest Wilder of The Texas Observer is interesting and a bit shocking. The blog is very well written and Wilder manages to tell the entire story without adding his emotion or feelings until the end.
The blog is about an Anti-United States/Secession rally that was held out side of the Texas Capitol. Wilder does a great job of describing the event with a lot of detail and uses quotes from people on both sides of the rally. The author adds pictures, video and embedded links to support his article which makes the blog very credible.
Wilder does make a few comments directed at Governor Rick Perry for his previous secession comments, but in overall just provides details of the event. The author is very descriptive and pays attention to detail. You can really visualize the event, without looking at the videos or pictures that he provides.
I personally found the event shocking because the people at the event were so open to say that they hated the United States. I understand we have freedom of speech but comments such as, "'I hate that flag up there,' Kilgore said pointing to the American flag flying over the Capitol" feel like treason. It is one thing to be upset with your government or politicians but it's another thing when a person says they hate their country. If we lived in the Republic of Texas would they have the freedom of speech to say they hated Texas?
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