the several times ive visited and family i had there gave me the distinct impression that, despite it’s constant mythmaking, it’s a more repressive place with a broad, servile underclass of minorities where a small minority owns an absolutely deranged number of guns while most people are just going about their lives trying not to get locked up or shot.
certainly, its history as
the only state that seceded TWICE to preserve slavery
the entity that premeditatedly exterminated its abolitionist and free thinking communities
the most aggressive policers of their own internal history to forget and destroy a rich tapestry of racism, cowardice and sniveling betrayal of the human spirit
has had an impact on the general perception of what “texas” is, both within and from outside.
Loosely related but until like 6 or 7 years ago Oregon gun guys were always like “yeah our gun restrictions are looser than Texas and those states, but keep it low key so nobody catches on”
the several times ive visited and family i had there gave me the distinct impression that, despite it’s constant mythmaking, it’s a more repressive place with a broad, servile underclass of minorities where a small minority owns an absolutely deranged number of guns while most people are just going about their lives trying not to get locked up or shot.
certainly, its history as
has had an impact on the general perception of what “texas” is, both within and from outside.
Loosely related but until like 6 or 7 years ago Oregon gun guys were always like “yeah our gun restrictions are looser than Texas and those states, but keep it low key so nobody catches on”
Yeah it’s been bullshit here last 5 years or so