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americanyouth (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:08 PM Original message |
I'd like to clear something up about Texas. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Texas is a great state. Don't let anybody tell you any differently. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought texans were tough |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most Texans I've met are pretty cool. |
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americanyouth (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. lol |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I've lived in both Alaska and Texas |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't be confused. Texas (and other states) aren't a bunch of racist homophobe yahoos. |
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americanyouth (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Money votes, pal, and there's alot of it here... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Wow, Lloyd Doggett is a racist homophobe? And Sheila Jackson Lee is a racist? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Actually I was thinking more along the lines of... (wait for it, wait for it) |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. And both Alito and Scalia are from Trenton, New Jersey. You're point? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. As a West Coaster... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. oh ya.... right. those two dont even touch calif as far as imply all of the state |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, but technically... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. still missing the point. you are having to force these two to be considered calif |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I concede. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. no we arent. you are right. lol. perfectly imperfect along with everyone else. n/t |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. We have some real bigots here when it comes to Texas |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. I lived in Dallas for 10 years, I liked it there |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I would have a problem with not being allowed to buy beer on Sundays |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Dallas is one of the gayest cities in America. Austin has an enormous lesbian population. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. ok, i will come clean. living in texas. and though i like razzing ALL texans ALL the time |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah. LOL. I don't have issues with men unless they try to touch me either. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Thats how guys are. I too admit to this. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. see SEE..... lol lol |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. It does happen when a gay man touches the wrong dude, in the wrong way |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But that rarely ever happens,,, right |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Exactly! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. my husband has two gays brothers. he is so not a homophobic and STILL |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Yeah, I wonder how many realize that saying that isn't much different |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. it seems and feels more to me like, i dont have issue with gays, but i am not one. lol |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Parts of Texas are way more liberal than parts of the North East and California. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I agree... |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm originally from Texas, and I'll tell you like I tell all my Texas |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. do you know how many texans i have met proud they have never left the state |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Don't do that to yourself - it's even hotter underground in Texas. |
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americanyouth (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Hey, to each his own... |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Speaking from experience, the Californians are high tailing it |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I moved from NYC to Austin and lived in the NE all my life. My old boss just moved here from NYC. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Austin would be the only city in Texas that I would consider |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. That sounds like what Californians would say. It's the native talent here that developed Austin. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. San Antonio is not a "smaller" city. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Not fast enough, in my book. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. No. Please. Those aren't welcome here, thanks. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm from Texas |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. I've lived in Texas for decades |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I know plenty of people from New Jersey who have southern crosses on their cars. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'm a GI brat who has lived in many, many places |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Well I'm not talking about military bases. I'm talking about the free world, thanks. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. If Texas doesn't want America to think of them as extreme right wing |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. THAT WAS ME, and I'm and ex-Texan. I know from previous experience the |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm itching to visit Texas |
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