# Reluctantly — Fuck Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289 "2021-02-19T14:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/441 "2021-11-09T21:46:30Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > "The more recent website says Gohmert ‘needs 100,000 citizens to send $100 each (or any other amount to get to $1,000,000) by November 19.’ However, the product of 100,000 and $100 is $10 million, not $1 million. Stop trying to cancel Louie Gohmert using your woke math. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/442 "2021-11-09T21:52:08Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Stop trying to cancel Louie Gohmert using your woke math. This is scary. For a few seconds I thought this was serious. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/443 "2021-11-10T02:23:35Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > This is scary. For a few seconds I thought this was serious. I guess I triggered you real bad, huh? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/444 "2021-11-10T05:48:35Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country/ar-AAQvdq2?ocid=SK2DDHP#comments](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country/ar-AAQvdq2?ocid=SK2DDHP#comments) for the most part i say adiós pendejos the sheiks would have no problem with you leaving as the trade embargoes would come so fast heads would spin …and i don’t see texas having much of a foreign oil market … and unless you bribed companies most of em would leave ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/445 "2021-11-10T16:41:30Z")
That’s where they are heading, for sure. John Eastman, the guy that wrote the not so secret plan for Trump to overthrow the government, has written another not so secret plan that involves Texas bucking the federal government and forcing a confrontation. Here’s an article about the plan > **[The Seditionist’s Cookbook](https://www.thebulwark.com/the-seditionists-cookbook/)** > > Is violence an essential element of the populist right’s political agenda? To claim otherwise has become increasingly difficult. A manifesto co-authored by John Eastman—the Trump lawyer who was forced to resign as dean of Chapman University Law... And the plan itself > **[How States Could Constitutionally Assume Abandoned Responsibilities of the...](https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/10/how-states-could-constitutionally-assume-abandoned-responsibilities-of-the-national-government/)** > > The COVID pandemic has witnessed the exercise of state “police powers” on a scale and scope unprecedented in America’s peacetime history. Out of fear of contagion, massive amounts of private property… I know I’ve posted these articles before, but the suggestion that Texas issue its own cryptocurrency as a way to defy the US government seems especially interesting in light of Elon Musk’s politically based defection to Texas and his new cryptocurrency plans. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/446 "2021-11-16T06:19:48Z")
I would laugh if an increasingly crazy Elon Musk effectively took over Texas and fashioned himself a God-King, transforming the former state into a Somalia-like “paradise” for a few dozen warlords. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/447 "2021-11-16T15:08:08Z")
And they all fly off to colonize Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/448 "2021-11-16T16:24:25Z")
Marching Muskons? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/449 "2021-12-06T20:55:44Z")
[https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/texas-doj-redistricting-lawsuit-latino-minority/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/texas-doj-redistricting-lawsuit-latino-minority/index.html) > The lawsuit alleges that the redistricting plan drawn by Texas lawmakers violates the Voting Rights Act. > > “The complaint we filed today alleges that Texas has violated Section Two by creating redistricting plans that deny or bridge the rights of Latino and Black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a language-minority group,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference. > > The lawsuit targets both the US congressional map drawn for the next decade of elections and the plan for the state House. > > “The Legislature refused to recognize the State’s growing minority electorate,” the lawsuit states. “Although the Texas Congressional delegation expanded from 36 to 38 seats, Texas designed the two new seats to have Anglo voting majorities.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/450 "2021-12-07T07:34:38Z")
Heh - checked out youtube to see Merrick actually [say it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw4jUip-KkU) Verbally. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/451 "2021-12-07T15:02:03Z")
There isn’t a doubt in my mind that this lawsuit will be unsuccessful. The VRA prohibits _intentionally_ diluting the voting strength of minority communities. But Texas Republican have been very careful to talk about this redistricting in terms of its partisan impact. And the Supreme Court has already ruled that partisan redistricting is hunky dory. Besides, John Roberts was gutting the VRA even before he had a 6-3 conservative majority. If this suit accomplishes anything, it’s probably that it ends up being used as a vehicle for the court to dismantle the last vestiges of the VRA. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/452 "2021-12-07T17:50:50Z")
Christ, if that isn’t a case of being between the Devil and the deep blue sea. On one hand, we have current Attorney General Paxton, GOP shill extraordinare and known corrupt crook who’s _being tried in criminal court_ for crooked stuff done while in office. And on the other, we have infamous mouthbreather and crayon eater Louie Gohmert, who I’m pretty sure wears some sort of grownup Garanimals suits because that’s probably the only way he can keep them straight. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/453 "2022-03-18T20:20:14Z")
Such a shit stain: > **[Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to call transgender official Rachel Levine a woman...](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/03/18/texas-ag-ken-paxton-refuses-to-call-transgender-official-rachel-levine-a-woman-again/)** > > AUSTIN — After Twitter flagged him for “hateful conduct,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dug in on his decision to deny the gender identity of the nation’s... ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/454 "2022-03-19T04:30:54Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Such a shit stain: I also saw a headline somewhere, very recently, that he has declared that he will continue “investigating” parents of trans kids for child abuse, despite a court order forbidding it. Paxton is appealing the ruling, of course, and says he will appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court if necessary. The immediate dispute here is whether the restraining order (forbidding these investigations) remains in effect or is on hold during these appeals. > **[Ken Paxton, lawyers for parents of trans kids disagree on whether child abuse...](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/14/transgender-child-abuse-paxton-appeal/)** > > Paxton tweeted Friday that investigations into parents of transgender children would continue as a result of his appeal. But the state’s child welfare agency won’t confirm the status of the investigations. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/455 "2022-03-19T04:45:20Z")
How has he not managed to poison himself with the venom he generates? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/456 "2022-03-19T05:19:59Z")
I agree with your sentiment, but fun fact: Venom isn’t poisonous. You can cook and eat venomous critters, at least for the most part. Venom gets you by being injected into your bloodstream from a bite. Your stomach will laugh it off. It’s sort of similar to that dopey antivax meme about ‘If you swallow the vaccine it will kill you.’ Eating and injecting into your bloodstream are two very different things. Apologies for the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/457 "2022-03-19T05:28:25Z")
Rattlesnake: “Oh, crap. I bit my tongue.” ---
**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:** [March 19, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/458 "2022-03-19T07:20:30Z")
Everyone Abbott or Paxton bites dies. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/459 "2022-03-23T01:53:35Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Eating and injecting into your bloodstream are two very different things. Yeah, what I learned was “poisonous is bad when you bite it, venomous is bad when it bites you”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/460 "2022-03-23T03:04:39Z")
When a conservative baselessly accuses someone, it’s almost always something that they themselves are guilty of. Ken Paxton is baselessly accusing the parents of trans kids of child abuse. Does Paxton have kids? Someone should make sure they’re okay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289.md?page=24)