Moving to Texas for more freedom? Not so fast. Study ranks the state 49th in personal liberties

[YorkRd]

Moving to Texas for more freedom? Not so fast. Study ranks the state 49th in personal liberties
By Michael Karlis

“ More Texas citizens are imprisoned per capita than those of any other democracy on the planet, for example. And although only 12% of the state is African American, that demographic makes up a majority of the state’s inmates. Drug-related arrests are around the national average, but possession of fewer than two ounces of weed under the state's "harsh" cannabis laws can land violators a 180-day sentence in the county jail.‘




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[MyOwnPeace]

1. Any state that elects people like

Abbott and Gohmert is instantly taken off of my list of possible places to live!

[PTWB]

9. Nunes was elected in California.

What state do you live in that is immune to right wing nut jobs being elected?

[MyOwnPeace]

12. You are correct - they're EVERYWHERE!!

And yes, I'm on the 'edge' of a terrible 'red zone' - and really do NOT like it - they've still got T***P signs in their yards along with an occasional F*** Biden!

But again, those guys offer no incentive to move to Texas (although I've visited Austin and really liked it!).

[uponit7771]

10. Texas also ranks lowest in voter ACCESS so the TX leadership goes around pimp slapping infants

... and there's little the TX electorate can do about it.

[UTUSN]

2. Before wingnuts have a cow, it comes from LIBERTARIANS who love drugs, sex, gambling, etc.

And Texas is hamstrung in these categories by their Fundie factor. They don't care about the minorities being locked up.

[LeftInTX]

3. Whose freedom?

We have a little Afghan refugee who is missing.

I actually had an online encounter with this Karen

Karen: "We need to get CPS after all the parents who allow their kids to play unsupervised"
Me: "Good luck with that, Texas just passed a Free Range Kids Law"...
Karen: "Free Range Kids Law does not apply to kids who live in apartments".

[MagickMuffin]

4. Texas is still a holdout on Cannabis legalization

Oklahoma: APPROVED


New Mexico: APPROVED


Arkansas: APPROVED


Louisiana: APPROVED


Texas: NOPE, still in the dark ages here. That way they can still deny our freedoms and lock us up.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. The voters of Florida overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure re: medical cannabis in 2016

And the legislature has done all it could since then to keep it from being implemented in the spirit it was voted on.


https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Medical_Marijuana_Legalization,_Amendment_2_(2016)

[Marcuse]

5. The new Ovarian Vigilante legislation dropped Texas from 48th place.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Corporations are moving to Texas for less regulation/taxes

People are going to keep their jobs.

[KatK]

7. Based on a study by *libertarian* think tank the Cato Institute ...

So they want more drug, tobacco and alcohol freedom and want to lower taxes by deregulating and poisoning the commons.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

11. Houston will cease to exist

Houston will cease to exist after the
Thwaites Glacier breaks up.

(So will a lot of places, but this thread is about Texas specifically.)