A group of very liberal New Englanders and a group of very conservative Southerners are getting together to discuss secession from the Union.

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.

One of the liberal New Englanders claims there are secession movements in 25 states.

Surprisingly, the article informs us secession is not barred in the Constitution.

OK, that’s probably so, but didn’t a lot of men die to preserve the Union?

I guess these guys feel safe because they know no one in Washington or regular citizens would sign up to preserve the Union as they did 140+ years ago.

And when are these Southern people going to stop fighting the Civil War? Apologies to Southerners, as I mean only this group of Southerners and I live in the South.

Of course, I’m from New England, and it’s just as bad there. Mostly in Vermont, the state that likes to elect Socialist Bernie Sanders to national office.

Vermont and Rhode Island are the only two New England states I haven’t visited, and my husband claims he took me to Rhode Island a few years ago while we were in Connecticut. It was so small and such a short distance I guess I just didn’t realize it.

Anyway, I’ve had dealings with businesses in Vermont and have told them I hear it’s a beautiful state but I wouldn’t visit it until they got rid of Leahy and Sanders. That was before Sanders was a senator. And don’t forget how whacky Jim Jeffords was either.