And so it begins, the locals again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Some so relish victimhood that they refuse to even contemplate an alternative.  

"“They do not have a right to tell us what kind of government we can have."

Who exactly will decide?  The myriad of splinter groups who collectively cannot even decide who amongst them are their collective "representatives" or who even qualifies as a "Hawaiian" ? 

And the band played on...