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See? Let's not judge people from red states (Original Post)
graywarrior
Aug 2013
OP
Given how reluctant people are to get involved with strangers, this is amazing.
Shrike47
Aug 2013
#5
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)1. Good advice. Thanks.
AndyA
(16,993 posts)2. Oklahoman here--lived in many cities from coast to coast over the years
Nowhere have I found people to be as kind and helpful as in Oklahoma. Yeah, lots of right wing nut cases and rude idiots too, but the good ones are plentiful and exceptional.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)3. ....
Donovan's letter made me cry in a good way.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)4. Half the patrons stood up and defended those two couples.
Cheers to Texas! Standing up to the intolerance.
That was an amazing video, graywarrior. Thank you!
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)5. Given how reluctant people are to get involved with strangers, this is amazing.
ananda
(28,866 posts)6. I'm from a red state, lived here in Texas all my life.
Judge me all you want, you'd at least be half right.
I'm a Texan through and through, love the culture,
the bbq, the history, the legends, all of it.
But I'm also a radical leftie, that's from my mother's
California side of the family, the Irish Catholic roots.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)7. Thanks. Those of us in Texas (and other red states) too often are painted
with the same broad brush as Louie Gomert, Ted Cruz and Rick Perry.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)8. my extended family lives in texas
and they are all staunch and progressive democrats.