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[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I feel so bad for normal decent Texans. Their politicians are among the worst in the world. I can’t think of a single Texas Republican who doesn’t deserve the death penalty.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Texas has been GOP governed for almost thirty years.

The town of Uvalde overwhelmingly voted Republican immediately following their tragedy.

This is what they want. And what they're getting.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I’m not saying there aren’t some lunatics in Texas, but I don’t think the majority wants these traitors.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I’m not saying there aren’t some lunatics in Texas, but I don’t think the majority wants these traitors.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The situation tells us that there are very few decent Texans.

Even the most vile Southerners are polite in the company of others.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The situation tells us that there are very few decent Texans.

The state is comically gerrymandered and rigorously disenchrancised. We have majority black counties where a single voting location will have a seven hour queue, sky high incarceration rates intended to disenfranchise huge swaths of the public, and some of the most reactionary public TV and radio combined with the most poorly funded and badly administered education.

This is a controlled population. People will talk shit about Russia and North Korea. But Texas is running right along beside them.

Only question is how long until Texas fully embraces the kind of ethnic cleansing common to Israel.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And yet Texans dont pick up their guns they like bragging about and FUCKING FIX IT.

Gerrymandered?...sure. And Texans approve. Not buying the "omg we're so helpless!" bullshit from the people who never shut up about how goddamn tough they are.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And yet Texans dont pick up their guns

And point them where?

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At the Nazis. At Paxton. At Abbott.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good luck with getting a firearm inside spitting distance of a state official.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ask Matthew Thomas Crooks.