# Texas bashing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335 "2005-11-22T22:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/21 "2005-11-22T22:49:25Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Great. So it’s done out of prejudice. Wonderful. What isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/22 "2005-11-22T22:50:52Z")
To be perfectly honest, and while I know by all means that most Texans visitng Our Nation’s Capital don’t do this, it really gets to me when those motherfuckers wear their cowboy hats downtown. Hey, asshole, it’s not Pecos Gulch, it’s not 1868, you’re not the marshall, and if any of those things were in fact true you wouldn’t last twelve minutes. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/23 "2005-11-22T22:53:33Z")
Well, I don’t know that being obnoxious is nessecarily true, but the majority of Texans I’ve met (and dear Og half the people I go to school with are Texans) _are_ loud. They have trouble with the concept of “indoor voices” sometimes. I do find that irritating. And what some people (i.e., southerners and Texans) see as common courtesy, I see as freaky psychotic behavior. You don’t just walk to people you don’t know and start conversations with them (especially if you’re that cowboy-hat wearing, boot-clad creepy old man in Subway in Walmart yesterday: you + trying to start conversation with two young women = skanky old man vibes). I, personally, find that level of “courtesy” uncomfortable - I don’t know you and I know you really don’t care how I’m doing or whether or not I have a nice day, so why bother lying? That said, I can think of at least five Texans right off who I consider good friends. I may make jokes, but no one really thinks that it’s true. (Besides - I’m originally from New Jersey. I know what it’s like to be at the butt of a joke.) ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/24 "2005-11-22T22:56:08Z")
I like Texas. It’s my favorite part of Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/25 "2005-11-22T22:57:19Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > I’m originally from New Jersey. What exit? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/26 "2005-11-22T23:19:46Z")
If groupthink is a real thing–if populations of people who associate with each other and who respond, naturally, to things like peer pressure and fear of noncomformity by “going along to get along”–if, in fact, human culture exists–then there will be regional differences in culture. For whatever infinitely debatable reasons–and speaking as a former Texan–the prevalent culture in much of Texas is a culture that I don’t feel welcome or comfortable in. ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/27 "2005-11-22T23:26:42Z")
Is Texas warmth and hospitality extended to gays and visible minorities as well? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/28 "2005-11-22T23:42:07Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > [ul][li]Muslims are stereotypically terrorists I know they all aren’t. I’m talking about stereotypes. While only a small percentage of Muslims probably crash vehicles into buildings, they are often depicted in film and on televsion and in other media as doing so They talk funny and worship a false god. That’s a stereotype, but here’s something I can think of that actually happened: they flew a plane into a building. This indicates a lack of decorum to me. [/li][li]They seem full of themselves – even though the Middle East is a small part of the world, they act as if they’re the most important 😃 Talking like this makes them a target to be knocked down a couple of pegs.[/li][li]The Death Penalty.[/li][li]Conservatives.[/li][li]Osama.[/ul][/li] > Fucking ragheads. Wow, since no one else is going to comment, I have to address the elephant in the room. The utilization of stereotypical qualities to typify a group in a denigrating manner is an expression of the validity of social identity theory and I think Aesiron deserves credit for pointing that out in a creative and impacting way. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/29 "2005-11-22T23:55:33Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > If groupthink is a real thing–if populations of people who associate with each other and who respond, naturally, to things like peer pressure and fear of noncomformity by “going along to get along”–if, in fact, human culture exists–then there will be regional differences in culture. > > For whatever infinitely debatable reasons–and speaking as a former Texan–the prevalent culture in much of Texas is a culture that I don’t feel welcome or comfortable in. Did you ever spend much time in Austin? I bet you’d have liked it there. Definitley a different vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/30 "2005-11-23T00:08:17Z")
> [@deevee](#): > > Is Texas warmth and hospitality extended to gays and visible minorities as well? We also hate fucking Yankees\* \*Anyboby North of Texas. Yeah, every fucking person in Texas hates every gay and minority. We all wear Ten Gallon Hats. We all wear Cowboy Boots. Chew tobaccy. Wear our Six Guns in the street. Fuck me in the ass with a pogo stick, _some_ people are just blinded by the stereotype. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/31 "2005-11-23T00:14:17Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] [ul][li]Texans are stereotypically loud and obnoxious. I know they all aren’t. I’m talking about stereotypes. While only a small percentage of Texans probably wear ten-gallon hats, they are often depicted in film and on televsion and in other media as wearing them with ‘cowboy-style’ suits. They talk loud and flash their money. That’s a stereotype, but here’s something I can think of that actually happened: There’s a photo of Lynden B. Johnson showing off a scar on his torso. This indicates a lack of decorum to me. (And I’ve heard he’d conduct parts of meetings from the toilet.)[/li][li]They seem full of themselves – even though Texas is only the _second_-biggest state, and if Alaska were divided into two equal-sized states Texas would be the _third_-largest. 😃 And yet, ‘Everything is begger in Texas’ is a well-known aphorism. Talking big makes them a target to be knocked down a couple of pegs.[/li][li]The Death Penalty.[/li][li]Conservatives.[/li][li]Duhbya.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] Right now, every Doper who’s not from the US is reading this and thinking, “This makes them different from the rest of you… how, exactly?” ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/32 "2005-11-23T00:18:36Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Yeah, every fucking person in Texas hates every gay and minority. We all wear Ten Gallon Hats. We all wear Cowboy Boots. Chew tobaccy. Wear our Six Guns in the street. Fuck me in the ass with a pogo stick, _some_ people are just blinded by the stereotype. That’s ok, I’d go on about what we here in Cali have to deal with it, but I’m on the way to my plastic surgeon and you wouldn’t BELIEVE the traffic right now, oh, hang on, I’ve got another call, probably my therapist… ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/33 "2005-11-23T00:21:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Right now, every Doper who’s not from the US is reading this and thinking, “This makes them different from the rest of you… how, exactly?” We’re less apologetic about it? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/34 "2005-11-23T00:23:01Z")
One thing I’ve noticed, both here and on other message boards: Bash Florida for its dysfunctionality and disproportionately large share of strange news, and Floridians are likely to nod politely, apologize, and add “But it’s not all that bad.” Bash Ohio for election problems and the perception of boring middle America culture, and Ohioans will probably apologize and add “True in many areas, but it’s not the entire story.” Bash Kansas for creationism in schools and the wacky conservatives in Olathe, and Kansans will likely apologize, say they feel embarassed about it, and mention that, yes, there are hills in the eastern part of the state. Bash Texas for executions, ugly cities, Dubya or whatever, and the response will usually be “**FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER! DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS! YEE-HAW! (celebratory aerial gunfire) YEE-HAW! SUCK MY BIG FAT TEXAS-SIZED COCK! YEE-HAW! (more aerial gunfire) COWBOYS! YEE-HAW!**” As they sing on Sesame Street, one of these things is not like the others. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/35 "2005-11-23T00:26:23Z")
My grandma used to tell a joke when I was a child. “Everything in Texas is so big, every dog has its own flea.” And then she laughed and laughed. Sweet Grandy. May she rest in peace. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/36 "2005-11-23T00:28:43Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Bash Texas for executions, ugly cities, Dubya or whatever, and the response will usually be “**FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER! DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS! YEE-HAW! (celebratory aerial gunfire) YEE-HAW! SUCK MY BIG FAT TEXAS-SIZED COCK! YEE-HAW! (more aerial gunfire) COWBOYS! YEE-HAW!**” I’d usually reply with “Suck my big fat Texas-sized cock”, but I’m feeling right charitable towards dickwads right now. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/37 "2005-11-23T00:35:22Z")
True story. I went to visit some relatives that had moved to texas. While there I took my niece for a walk at a local park. She was about six and cute as a button. When we got to the lake and saw a bunch of ducks she exclaimed “Look, uncle askeptic, pigeons!” I said those are ducks but she insisted they were pigeons. I said " Those are much too big to be pigeons. She looked at me like I was dumber than a box of rocks and said "Uncle Askeptic, don’t you know everything is bigger in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/38 "2005-11-23T00:36:00Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > We also hate fucking Yankees\* > > \*Anyboby North of Texas. When the Diamond backs defeated the Yankees in the world series a New York doper posted this thread in the pit: “The entire population of Arizona can lick my balls” A reply I forgot to make then: **Hey buddy! Do you realize that a diamondback will do more than that to your balls?!?!?** ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/39 "2005-11-23T00:37:57Z")
Today I’ve been eating Elgin sausage and drinking Full Moon Pale Rye Ale. And none of you can have any unless you come visit me. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335/40 "2005-11-23T00:44:02Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Pretty much EVERY state deserving some bashing. I wish people would grow some fucking senses of humor and learn to live with that. I’m in Florida fer Christ’s sake, if I can somehow take it without whining about stereotypes and bringing up the proverbially trite “broad brush” then people in any other state should be able to. FLORIDA, for god’s sake. Q: What do Virginians call folks who live in New York? A: Yankees. Q: What do Virginian call folks who live in Florida? A: Yankees. Now about those Texans…while living in California, I took delight in asking the stereotypical Texans, “So, where are you from?” When they replied with, “Texas, of course!” I would say, “Oh, back East.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bashing/332335.md?page=3)