# Even the stupid is bigger in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285 "2015-01-29T23:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/41 "2015-01-30T19:00:53Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > That’s the name of the event organized by CAIR. It is not something officially recognized by the State. If CAIR wants to improve the image of Islam in Texas they might do better to rename their faith Highschoolfootballjesusgunslam. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/42 "2015-01-30T19:11:31Z")
The ad campaigns write themselves. [ul] [li]Muhamad: The Troy Aikman of Islam.[/li] [li]Battle of Badr: The Alamo of 624 CE.[/li] [li]Islam: The second largest world religion that reveres Jesus as a prophet[/li][/ul] It’ll be the Lone Star and Crescent State in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/43 "2015-01-30T19:18:50Z")
_Remember the Al-Amo!_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/44 "2015-01-30T19:30:17Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Agreed. Not to extend the hijack, but for some reason I can’t fathom my own personal Jesus looks exactly like [this guy](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E0q1_84qLx0/UZ6vbTiG-cI/AAAAAAAACKA/okypdhi686Y/s400/zaphod+beeblebrox.jpg). > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Thank you, Texas. > > -Florida > > I thought _Personal_ Jesus looked like [this](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/DaveGahanbyNOA-HASSIN.JPG). And “Perhaps a Little _Too_ Personal” Jesus looks like [this.](http://thelordshipofchrist.com/backgrounds/forgiven_2a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/45 "2015-01-30T19:36:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > an Israeli secret agent, like John Boehner? If they wanted him to blend in, maybe they shouldn’t have painted him orange. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/46 "2015-01-30T19:58:31Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Where? [Belton, TX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belton,_Texas), about halfway between Waco and Austin. Not far from Fort Hood, if that’s a more useful reference. Population ~18,000. I’ll leave you to judge its hick factor for yourself…but they _did_ send Molly White to represent them. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/47 "2015-01-30T20:14:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _Remember the Al-Amo!_ The boys love Davy Crockett Who died at the Alamo I heard him say when they attacked, “I knew this room would kill the act!” – The Kingston Trio, album _The New Frontier_ ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/48 "2015-01-31T01:19:16Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > [Belton, TX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belton,_Texas), about halfway between Waco and Austin. Not far from Fort Hood, if that’s a more useful reference. Population ~18,000. I’ll leave you to judge its hick factor for yourself…but they _did_ send Molly White to represent them. Ah. Thank you. I’ve been to Belton a few times, having lived for several years in Austin. (Hook 'em.) Anyway, yeah, that explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/49 "2015-01-31T01:50:46Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > [ul] > [li]Islam: The second largest world religion that reveres Jesus as a prophet[/li][/ul] Even better, Islam affirms that Jesus is the Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/50 "2015-01-31T02:10:11Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > I’ve lived in Texas for over 30 years. Maybe I live in an area that really does have a diverse culture that is widely embraced. I don’t know. But I can tell you that people that live here think this is wildly offensive. The local newscasters could barely disguise how they felt about Ms. White. They were more than happy to report that repeated phone calls and emails were unanswered. > > There are truly good people that live here. It’s too bad that the racist, xenophobic, and generally obnoxious shitbags\* get all of the press. > > \*I’m looking at you, Ted and Louie. Some of us here remember Ivans and Richard. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/51 "2015-01-31T02:30:58Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Jewish people are not that uncommon in Texas. Quite a few in Waco, but mostly they are in Temple. This deserved more love. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/52 "2015-01-31T02:45:10Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Even better, Islam affirms that Jesus is the Messiah. But not God nor the son of God. That makes the two faiths irreconcilable. (Jews expect the Messiah to be a man, BTW, and not the “Son of God” in any but a titular sense; it’s a title their ancient kings used, it just means “chosen of God” or “favored of God.”) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/53 "2015-01-31T03:11:18Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > I’ve lived in Texas for over 30 years. … > > There are truly good people that live here. It’s too bad that the racist, xenophobic, and generally obnoxious shitbags\* get all of the press. > [@bump](#): > > She’s an idiot, plain and simple. Texas is most certainly a sort of fusion state in more ways that most people realize- … > > This woman is from what amounts to a big dumb hick town in Central Texas and doesn’t know her ass from a hole in the ground, and ought to shut the fuck up- she doesn’t speak for the rest of us from Texas at all. I’m sorry, guys, you can argue all you want that the majority of Texans are good people, but the majority of Texans keep electing people like her. The city councils, the county commissioners, the state legislature, and the governor’s chair are filled with people like her. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/54 "2015-01-31T03:13:05Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Some of us here remember Ivans and Richard. Ivins and Richards, surely? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/55 "2015-01-31T03:21:44Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’m sorry, guys, you can argue all you want that the majority of Texans are good people, but the majority of Texans keep electing people like her. The city councils, the county commissioners, the state legislature, and the governor’s chair are filled with people like her. Whereas the rest of the country is busy electing morally upright geniuses? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/56 "2015-01-31T03:39:12Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Whereas the rest of the country is busy electing morally upright geniuses? I’m not delighted with most of my elected city, county, state, and federal representatives here in Ohio, but on the whole, they’re a hell of a lot better than if I was living in a similar middling-size city in Texas. When I lived in Massachusetts, they were absolutely 100% better. In Virginia, maybe 20% better. In Denver, 100% better. In Ontario, 150% better. In Missouri, maybe 5% better. And there is a reason that after living in Victoria, and in a Dallas suburb in the mid and late 70s, that I have never, ever, ever returned to Texas. You want to get rid of the impression that Texas elects assholes? Fine with me; there’s a simple solution. Stop electing assholes. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/57 "2015-01-31T03:57:46Z")
I have only been in Texas for a few years after living many many years in Southern California. The political differences I see between the two are superficial; the deep underlying similarities are that most government is run by either crooks or incompetents. Sometimes (LA City Council, I’m looking at you) both. I’m glad to hear that there may be better places. However, I don’t know exactly what you mean by “better” so I remain, as ever, cynical. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/58 "2015-02-01T00:43:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Ivins and Richards, surely? Texas is probably also know for great typers. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/59 "2015-02-01T02:40:09Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Texas is probably also know for great typers. Yup, and we’re even known for it, two. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/60 "2015-02-01T05:19:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Jewish people are not that uncommon in Texas. Quite a few in Waco, but mostly they are in Temple. I was surprised to learn there was an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish, well, colony in El Paso that had been there for a very long time. I figured that what with the Injuns and Mexicans, they figured the Jews were no threat and just overlooked hassling them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285.md?page=4)