# Texas again proves it is the asshole of the US **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239 "2017-06-30T22:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/161 "2017-07-11T18:02:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Elmo. Or Prairie Dawn. Crazy Harry. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/162 "2017-07-11T19:09:00Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > When you’re wrong, it isn’t the fault of those pointing it out. Just sayin’. 😉 > > Now get back to your stalking. You two are so much alike, one of you could actually just be a sock for the other. Really, you are two cheeks on one ass. If the both of you never posted to the internet again, it would be a cause for celebration. BTW, **E** , how many times would you have killed somebody if you’d had a gun? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/163 "2017-07-11T19:26:46Z")
Tick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/164 "2017-07-11T21:10:16Z")
That’s just one. Personally, I always give at least three. A strict rule. Well, guideline. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/165 "2017-07-11T22:56:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Tick. 🙂 Oh, **E** , just when I think you couldn’t demonstrate any greater stupidity…look! So, how about it? Do you have such frequent and intense fantasies of killing people that you fear to own a gun? Is your intense opposition to private ownership because you can’t imagine other people aren’t like you? How much of every day do you spend seething over trivial, possibly imaginary, slights? You and Clothy really should be besties! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/166 "2017-07-11T22:58:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That’s just one. Personally, I always give at least three. A strict rule. Well, guideline. Look, I’m acknowledging you again! That’s twice which, by my estimation, is two more times than the vast majority of Dopers ever have. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/167 "2017-07-12T01:28:24Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Look, I’m acknowledging you again! That’s twice which, by my estimation, is two more times than the vast majority of Dopers ever have. You’re not qualified to wipe **elucidator** ’s crack. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/168 "2017-07-12T01:39:12Z")
Great. Not only I cry myself to sleep, but then nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/169 "2017-07-12T04:12:16Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Why? Because he’s a sad little self-confessed troll, who shields himself in his little bubble world. I missed this earlier. The fact that I am a “self-confessed” troll is news to me. How about a cite where I said “I am a troll”? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/170 "2017-07-12T04:15:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I missed this earlier. > > The fact that I am a “self-confessed” troll is news to me. How about a cite where I said “I am a troll”? You don’t remember being suspended for trolling? You _are_ a senile old turtle. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/171 "2017-07-12T04:27:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I missed this earlier. > > The fact that I am a “self-confessed” troll is news to me. How about a cite where I said “I am a troll”? Fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/172 "2017-07-12T09:13:33Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I missed this earlier. > > The fact that I am a “self-confessed” troll is news to me. How about a cite where I said “I am a troll”? Here you go: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19946433#post19946433](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19946433#post19946433) Relevant excerpt: > [@Clothahump](#): > > Guess what, bro? I played your stupid ass all the way up and down the street. I fed you a calculated response that was intended to light you up, just like telling the bully that the quarters are better than the dimes his sister fucks for. And you fell for it hook, line and sinker. It worked out even better than I thought it would, because you were actually stupid enough to open a Pit thread glorifying it. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/173 "2017-07-12T09:44:17Z")
So what’s this I hear about Texas, something about beers, steers and queers? ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/174 "2017-07-12T12:25:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I answered the question that was asked. NC didn’t like my answer and started up with a bullshit demanding that I answer the question that I had already answered. I’m pretty sure I’m just another blank space to Clothy now, but I will observe that his idea of bullshit demands for answers looks like this: > [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > how about doing him the courtesy of responding to his actual question > [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > If you can’t take that challenge, just say “I’m sorry, I would rather not say whether I believe you are entitled to coverage under your husband’s insurance the same as other married couples.” > [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > It’s OK to refuse a challenge you know. Just say so. > [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > If you don’t give a rat’s arse, that’s fine. That just means you’re refusing the challenge and not answering the question. Your choice. . . . Well, we all see the world through different eyes or orifices, and all that stuff. As to the case in question, I must admit that even after reading both articles and **Bricker’s** helpful explanations, I find it very confusing, but it does seem that the OP’s outrage may not have been quite deserved, or may have been misdirected. I think the headline and content of the Washington Post article are at fault in that regard (as **Iggy** observed). My take away, though, is that there are in fact at least some few mean-spirited people who have gone out of their way to make a case for denying same-sex couples equal rights in Texas. So, that element of the story at least is quite Pit-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/175 "2017-07-12T12:54:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re not qualified to wipe **elucidator** ’s crack. That hardly matters. He has you to thoroughly tongue it clean. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/176 "2017-07-12T12:58:09Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Fuck off. So you got nothing. Figures. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/177 "2017-07-12T13:00:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > So you got nothing. Figures. It was that time you admitted to trolling me (after I asked you about your usage of ethnic slurs) and then you got suspended for trolling. And then you blocked me, apparently, for the crime of asking you about your usage of ethnic slurs. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/178 "2017-07-12T13:22:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You don’t remember being suspended for trolling? > > You _are_ a senile old turtle. He never \*confessed \*it. So he’s not “self-confessed”. Give him credit for technical accuracy on that point. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/179 "2017-07-12T13:30:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He never \*confessed \*it. So he’s not “self-confessed”. Give him credit for technical accuracy on that point. Post 172. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239/180 "2017-07-12T13:34:38Z")
He confessed to trolling, he just doesn’t realize that what he confessed to was trolling. He didn’t realize (or claims to not realize) that lying on purpose in a post to try and piss someone off is pretty much the purest definition of trolling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-again-proves-it-is-the-asshole-of-the-us/790239.md?page=10)