• protist@retrofed.com
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    12 days ago

    I’d just like to say that being from Texas by itself doesn’t indicate anything. Many million people here are not Republicans

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        12 days ago

        Are they though? Republicans are awful everywhere. I also think the Texas Legislature is a surprising place, the House in particular, where rural Republicans align with Democrats on a number of issues and regularly kill bills together. Of course none of that stuff hits national headlines though, just the bad stuff that gets through. All I’m saying is thank gods I don’t live in Florida

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          12 days ago

          No, there are some states where they’re in par with Texas Republicans, or almost, but I’m general, Texas Republicans are worse than those in other regions.

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              11 days ago

              I dunno, whatever dipshit decided to disconnect Texas from the power grid the rest of the country is on and killed a bunch of people that one winter. Haven’t seen another state do that yet

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                11 days ago

                The first blackout-- yeah that’s right, they did it to us twice-- my mom fell in the kitchen in the dark and hit her head. She was in a coma for a year then died. Fuck Greg Abbott.

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      11 days ago

      Never met anyone who was proud to be from Texas that wasn’t a massive piece of shit. Feels like everyone decent living there hates it and wants to leave.

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        11 days ago

        As you suspect, the progressive-minded aren’t exactly boasting about being from Texas these days. You’ve probably met plenty of us and had no idea.

        Back when Ann Richards was Governor, however…

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          11 days ago

          I’m definitely proud to be from Texas. Having a terrible state government does not define me or my community. I love where I live and can frankly count the number of Trump supporters I engage with on a daily basis on one hand

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            11 days ago

            What are you proud of? We’re not talking about your little piece of it, we’re talking about Texas en masse.

            In a lot of ways, that’s like Anne Frank being proud of her attic