Courtesy of Associated Press

It has now been a week since America has re-elected Barack Obama as the President of the United States and some folks are still reeling from the results.

Some are so mad that they want to leave the country.

More than 100,000 Americans have petitioned to secede from the country on the White House’s We the People website. 

In a similar act of defiance some citizens are protesting by flying the American flag upside down. Their rationale is that the country is now doomed due to the election results.

This is not the first time panicked citizens overreacted to an Obama victory. After the 2008 victory, gun and ammunition sales exploded in parts of the country as conspiracy rumours circulated that an Obama administration would limit gun ownership and confiscate weaponry. Similar increases in gun sales are happening today.

The U.S. constitution contains no stipulations for states to secede from the union. The likeliness of a successful secession is, well, zero. But the White House has promised a response to the state of Texas where support for secession is greatest. 

Let us know, by commenting below if you think Texas should secede from the Union.