# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/61 "2015-02-01T18:45:48Z")
> [@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. Good point. On the other hand, the largest city in the country with a LGBT mayor is Houston. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/62 "2015-02-01T19:29:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Jewish people are not that uncommon in Texas. Quite a few in Waco, but mostly they are in Temple. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > This deserved more love. I groaned and died a little inside, is that how love feels? 🙂 And yeah, when we elect a dumbfuck, we elect a big one. Sometimes they’re super durable as well. I’m still wondering when Rick Perry will finally do something so dumb even Texas will finally forsake him. Sadly, this gem shows that the field is deep and varied. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/63 "2015-02-02T05:11:44Z")
This just in. Fourth-grade kid in Texas elementary school suspended for saying he has the One Ring of Power and can make another student “disappear”. Called a “terrorist threat” by principal. Same kid had two previous suspensions: For calling a black child “black” and for bringing a book to school that had a picture (or illustration?) of a pregnant woman. [Texas boy suspended for saying he could make classmate ‘disappear’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’ sorcery](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-boy-suspended-bringing-ring-power-school-article-1.2099103) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/64 "2015-02-02T05:19:00Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > [Texas boy suspended for saying he could make classmate ‘disappear’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’ sorcery](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-boy-suspended-bringing-ring-power-school-article-1.2099103) That’s insane. Everyone knows you need a wand from Ollivanders. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/65 "2015-02-02T05:32:48Z")
Kids probably a smart-ass. Kids gotta learn not to be a smart-ass. Takes some a long time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/66 "2015-02-02T05:56:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Kids probably a smart-ass. Kids gotta learn not to be a smart-ass. Takes some a long time. And how often were you suspended, **luci**? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/67 "2015-02-02T06:32:53Z")
About all I really remember about childhood was an intense desire for it to be over. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/68 "2015-02-02T13:13:44Z")
Wait, being a smart-ass is something you can learn not to be?? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/69 "2015-02-02T13:21:32Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Wait, being a smart-ass is something you can learn not to be?? Not supported by evidence. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/70 "2015-02-02T14:25:35Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Wait, being a smart-ass is something you can learn not to be?? With enough head injuries you can learn not to be anything. Maybe that’s why all the kids in Texas have to play football. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/71 "2015-02-02T16:22:40Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > This just in. > > Fourth-grade kid in Texas elementary school suspended for saying he has the One Ring of Power and can make another student “disappear”. Called a “terrorist threat” by principal. > > Same kid had two previous suspensions: For calling a black child “black” and for bringing a book to school that had a picture (or illustration?) of a pregnant woman. > > [Texas boy suspended for saying he could make classmate ‘disappear’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’ sorcery](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-boy-suspended-bringing-ring-power-school-article-1.2099103) “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence” This school needs to be sued all the way to Middle Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/72 "2015-02-02T16:44:40Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Not sure about their own flag, but Palestine got a bit of bad press when they flew the Stars and Bars a couple years ago during Confederate History Month. > > Yeah, there are plenty of Texas sized asshats around. The Stars and Bars? — [Flags of the Confederate States of America - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#/image/File:CSA_FLAG_28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg) Or the Confederate Battle Flag? — [Flags of the Confederate States of America - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#/image/File:Battle_flag_of_the_US_Confederacy.svg) ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/73 "2015-02-02T17:53:11Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The Stars and Bars? — [Flags of the Confederate States of America - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#/image/File:CSA_FLAG_28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg) Yup. The Stars and Bars. Didn’t last the month. They took it down pretty fast. To be slightly fair, the town council vote to put it up in the first place was contentious. But to actually be fair, the fact it was considered and approved by majority at all in the 21st century is all kinds of messed up. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/74 "2015-02-02T19:13:45Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Some of us here remember Ivans and Richard. I’m not even there and I miss them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/75 "2015-02-02T19:51:14Z")
Legend has it that Anne Richards was having a conversation with Molly about then-recent charges that Ms Richards had smoked the Weed With Roots in Hell. Anne had already been totally upfront about being a recovering alcoholic and found the problem perplexing. Molly said “Just say that you were too drunk to remember.” May not be true. Don’t much care. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/76 "2015-02-06T01:06:10Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Texas is probably also know for great typers. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Yup, and we’re even known for it, two. Missed one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/77 "2015-02-06T01:52:42Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Wait, being a smart-ass is something you can learn not to be?? Well, that kinda presents a paradox . . . ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/78 "2015-02-06T03:24:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Legend has it that Anne Richards was having a conversation with Molly about then-recent charges that Ms Richards had smoked the Weed With Roots in Hell. Anne had already been totally upfront about being a recovering alcoholic and found the problem perplexing. > > Molly said “Just say that you were too drunk to remember.” > > May not be true. Don’t much care. The Doug Ford defence?! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/79 "2015-02-06T03:42:20Z")
In areas of civic concern and politics, its a necessity, an obligation. I would do it even if it _weren’t_ so damn much fun. Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, wacka do, wacka do… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-the-stupid-is-bigger-in-texas/711285/80 "2015-02-06T12:58:27Z")
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