# Fuck you, Texas Republicans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 26, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942 "2013-06-26T06:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/221 "2013-06-29T02:36:03Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > To be fair, he has a point. But breaking a law for a just purpose or to protest an unjust law is enshrined in American awesomeness. šŸ˜› Yes . . . But so is ā€œItā€™s The Law!ā€ Weā€™ve always been of two minds about that, both of them very strong minds. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/222 "2013-06-29T02:58:01Z")
Do you know [who else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papen#Chancellorship) pretended not to notice people in order to take a vote? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/223 "2013-06-29T03:51:03Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Do you know [who else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papen#Chancellorship) pretended not to notice people in order to take a vote? Stalin? ---
**Author:** ![Samantha\_Leigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Samantha\_Leigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Leigh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/224 "2013-06-29T09:03:39Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > A purely academic question, as it happens, because Gov Goodhair is going to call another session and they are going to pass this piece of shit, period. The ā€œvictoryā€ was entirely symbolic except for its effect of focusing attention on the situation, which is a worthy and needful thing, in and of itself. That, and the reassurance that the spirit of the Blessed Molly is alive and well in the land. > > Its a classic example of a phallic victory, the pricks will win the battle but lose the war. Exactly. I am disheartened. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/225 "2013-06-29T12:46:17Z")
> [@Samantha\_Leigh](#): > > Exactly. I am disheartened. be re-heartened, eventually the People of Texas will take Texas back. I predict! ---
**Author:** ![blackpug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@blackpug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackpug)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/226 "2013-06-29T14:35:07Z")
ok. Iā€™m new and all. Just read the rules. Doesnā€™t this really smash any rules? am I to believe that the SDMB rules are a curtain to the REAL Rules? hey, Iā€™m just asking.? ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/227 "2013-06-29T16:24:34Z")
Wendy Davis, that is all ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/228 "2013-06-29T16:26:10Z")
Only in Texas will a man with an undergrad in animal husbandry argue constitutionality with a graduate of Harvard law. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/229 "2013-06-29T16:32:36Z")
What the fuck did you expect from an Aggie? Heā€™s Exhibit A for living Aggie stereotypes. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/230 "2013-06-29T16:43:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Heard in passing that the new law accepts a concealed carry permit as valid id for voting, but not student id nor a disabled veteran id. Ordinarily, such an outrageous suggestion would demand a cite. But I was born and raised in Texas, and I donā€™t doubt it for a moment. I know I wouldnā€™t want to be the one arguing with people carrying about what flies as acceptable identification. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/231 "2013-06-29T16:43:10Z")
> [@blackpug](#): > > ok. Iā€™m new and all. Just read the rules. > Doesnā€™t this really smash any rules? > am I to believe that the SDMB rules are a curtain to the REAL Rules? > hey, Iā€™m just asking.? Are you asking if itā€™s against SDMB rules to say ā€œfuck youā€ to the Texas legislature? Iā€™m not new here. My understanding is ā€œnoā€. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/232 "2013-06-29T16:43:14Z")
> [@TheSeaOtter](#): > > Iā€™m going to leave it to the more legally-trained Dopers to confirm or reject, but it really sounds like a violation of [Title 8 (Offenses Against Public Administration), Ch. 37 (Perjury and Other Falsification)](http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.37.htm) These snippets in particular. ā€œSec. 37.09. TAMPERING WITH OR FABRICATING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. (a) A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, he: (1) alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding;ā€ ā€œSec. 37.10. TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. (a) A person commits an offense if he: (1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record; (2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine governmental record; (3) intentionally destroys, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental record;ā€ Looks ugly. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/233 "2013-06-29T19:09:03Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Are you asking if itā€™s against SDMB rules to say ā€œfuck youā€ to the Texas legislature? > > Iā€™m not new here. My understanding is ā€œnoā€. Are you sure thatā€™s what **blackpug** was talking about? Because I havenā€™t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/234 "2013-06-29T19:26:46Z")
He is asking about the Secret Rules, and he is not cleared for such information. We shall follow standard procedure, and assure him that there are no such secret rules. If you, yourself, are not cleared for such information, do not read this post. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/235 "2013-06-29T20:47:17Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Are you asking if itā€™s against SDMB rules to say ā€œfuck youā€ to the Texas legislature? > > Iā€™m not new here. My understanding is ā€œnoā€. I think you should explain the different forums to the noobie. Iā€™m relatively new, but my understanding is that you can ā€œfuckā€ anything or anybody in this forum (BBQ Pit), as long as ā€œmotherā€ is not nearby in the same sentence. In other forums, there are limits on what you can ā€œfuckā€ but AFAIK ā€œFuck you, Texas legislatureā€ is permitted in all forums, with the possible exceptions of GQ and About this. Perhaps, for future reference, we should make a list of who/what can be ā€œfuckedā€ in GD or IMHO. How about: [ul][li] Fuck you, Karl Rove.[/li][li] Fuck you, Dick Cheney.[/li][li] Fuck you, Romney, Perry, Palin, Bachman, Gingrich and the rest of you Fucking Assholes.[/li][li] Fuck you Limbaugh, Beck, Rupert Murdoch, and the Koch Brothers.[/li][li] For that matter, Fuck the whole Fucking Republican Party.[/li][/ul] Did I miss anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/236 "2013-06-29T20:49:39Z")
> [@sylmar](#): > > Yeah, and if a girl knees a guy trying to rape her sheā€™s committed battery. Your point in citing that was? Are you unfamiliar with the law as regards self-defense? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/237 "2013-06-29T21:50:14Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Are you unfamiliar with the law as regards self-defense? Itā€™s a trap, sylmar! Say ā€œyesā€! ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/238 "2013-06-29T23:31:15Z")
Wendy seems to be saying that there will be an investigation into the whole time change thing > **[Wendy Davis Confirms Time Change on Texas Vote Count Deliberate - Expects...](http://samuel-warde.com/2013/06/breaking-wendy-davis-confirms-time-change-on-texas-vote-count-deliberate-expects-an-investigation-video/)** > > You might recall the efforts by Texas Republicans to falsify the vote count on the controversial abortion bill earlier this week. Of particular note are the following two screenshots taken from the Texas Legislature Online site.Ā  At 12:54 a.m.... ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/239 "2013-06-30T00:35:22Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Are you unfamiliar with the law as regards self-defense? Bricker, just so you know, we _respect your authoritah_ when it comes to law. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942/240 "2013-06-30T00:36:57Z")
Pretty sure heā€™s right about that whole ā€œself defenseā€ thing. Betcha he could cite case law on it, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-texas-republicans/661942.md?page=13)