Texas
Related: About this forumColjam. Please delete your eat and kicker OP. We do not want OP shiters in our Texas Group.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)Paladin
(28,276 posts)We have more than enough Texas hatred to deal with in the main threads. We don't need arrogant, uninformed out-of-staters invading the Texas group and accusing us all of being Perry/Cruz wanabes......
Vogon_Glory
(9,132 posts)I'd also like to thank you for locking that other thread, Lithos.
I would like to point out a few unpleasant facts to would-be Texas-bashers. As utterly appalling as our right-wing politicians and their antics are, they are not alone. Their actions are being echoed and co-ordinated by Tea Party activists and right-wing groups like ALEC. Don't believe me? Look at the so-called voter ID laws, the stuff coming out from the anti-abortion movement, and plans to snuff out minority studies.
Another unpleasant facts. A lot of the people pushing the appalling right-wing agendas come from other, often progressive, places. Arizona's "Sheriff Joe" comes from Springfield, MA. Arizona's Jan Brewer is a California transplant, as is former governor George Allen of Virginia. Our own dear Tea-senator Ted Cruz was born in the bosom of the Canadian welfare state in Alberta, Canada.
Texas-bashers may wish to check whether they live in glass houses before chucking stones in our direction.