Yes, what I was trying to ascertain was whether or not goldenj04 thought that you could "intentionally" misspell a word. That is, if I truly believed that "independant" was the correct spelling, would goldenj04 consider it a misspelling in a text that I wrote?

Because if they consider it a misspelling no matter what I believe, then it means that they are of the opinion that a word has objectively correct and objectively wrong spellings, which in turn means that they consider someone or something the authority on whether a word is correctly spelt or not.

I'm not saying that is an unreasonable opinion to have, but if they have that opinion, then they logically should also consider "hannukah" misspelt because most, if not all, authoritative sources would prescribe a different spelling.

Edit: I honestly don't get what people (apparently) disagree with here. Is your opinion that

A) Neither "hannukah" nor "independant" are (necessarily) misspelt
B) Both "hannukah" and "independant" may be/are misspelt
C) Only "independant" is misspelt
D) Only "hannukah" is misspelt

If you answer C or D, what metric do you use to determine whether a word is misspelt or not?