… that their parents are foisting off on them.
I’d love to help those kids. But pre-emptively removing kids from their parents for political reasons is the kind of shit ICE pulls. Not good people.
I get it. I really do. I even live in the state.
But the rebuttals are very much in the same vein as “not all men”.
I’m sorry if it seems personal or if you aren’t personally that way, but the state is backwards and needs significant work. And the general shittiness of so many people who live here means some of us will continuously have a bit splashed on us until the state improves. You may or may not consider that fair but that’s just the way it is.
This Floridian feels your pain, @ThelmaLou.
Me too.
It only takes a small number of people to turn any swimming pool into a turdbowl. When 30+% of people are shitting on/in everything, there’s nowhere and no way to escape the stink & disease.
oh, dear. really creates a visual, doesn’t it? OK, rant on!
I am justly famous for my vivid word pictures. Sorry! 
Well, the population of Texas is over 31 million. The beliefs and attitudes you deplore are widespread–I can’t deny it. Hell, I deplore them, too, but so do many of those 31 million Texans.
Look, people, I post in this thread, too. Gov. Greg Abbott and his cronies are complete shitheads. But a blanket condemnation like this…
My bold.
…stings.
There is plenty about Texas that is infuriating, disgusting, and even shameful–those of us who live here know it better than y’all–but beyond politicians, government, policies, lawmakers, and the stuff we hate in ANY state and ANY country, there is still plenty to appreciate and love about the people who live here. Besides me.
It’s this sort of behavior (among other things) that has made New Mexico hate Texas and Texans for well over a century now. Except El Paso. New Mexicans tend to have a better opinion of El Paso.
Perhaps they should discuss annexing it. Show the Texans who’s Final Boss in this fight.
If I owned Texas and hell I’d rent out Texas and live in hell.
Gen. Philip Sheridan
Brisket?
they absolutely should, and I’ll bet many El Pasoans (?) would agree.
Heh, I generally think “If bagging on Texas makes them feel better about the shit hole they live in, I’m glad we could be of service.” Because every place has its own share of suck. If you don’t see that about where you live now, then you aren’t examining it hard enough.