Texas Republicans, I suspect, would just love to establish the Republic of Texas anew.
And that popular myth about the heroic freedom loving Anglos of Texas fighting against odds against the tyranny of Mexico, as exemplified in the figure of General Antonio de Santa Ana? It's worth about as much as most popular myths. (Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart never knew each other, Robin, if there was a real Robin, lived a couple of centuries later, and Richard was a lousy king anyway.)
The Texas revolution started because the settlers didn't want to lose the slaves they brought with them. Slavery was illegal in Mexico at the time and required that the slaves be freed. Clearly that was intolerable. As a number of right wingers are loudly screeching at present, what was so damn bad about black chattel slavery anyhow? So long as you're white.
It’s almost sad, really, that these people literally think “Well, if we don’t tell kids that LGBTQ+ people exist, beyond telling them how bad and ‘abnormal’ they are, they’ll just be straight and cis and we won’t ever have to hear anything about them anymore!”
That is not what they think though. They think they can force The Queers back into isolation, into the closet, for it is much easier to continue using them as an Other to rally against if they are not mainstream.
Probably time we stop thinking of them as simply mistaken. This shit is 100% on purpose.
I thought people became fully adult at 18 and could choose to get tattoos, body piercing, appendectomies. etc without approval from the government, Surely hormone treatments should anyone right. But this is Texas. Next they'll have auctions where unwed men can buy unwed women.
It’s ironic that Texas wants to portray the Alamo defenders heroic, when in fact Santa Anna was trying to drive out the Americans because they were legalizing slavery which was antithetical to the Mexicans
"These people are doing the exact things that will make these kids 'hate America.'"
Also the things that will make their kids dump them in a home at the first available opportunity, and then not visit them on their birthday or call on Christmas
And what will these kids think when they apply to colleges with actual (and deserved) reputations for excellence in education, and they are either denied admission because of their ignorance; discover that their dreams and falsehoods are shattered when they enter the real world; or try to accommodate the new realities they encounter and learn that not only was everything they were taught in Texas false, but that their parents were in on it and are as much a problem as the legislators. Boy, won't that create a cohort of angry, frustrated, left-wing radicals who will be determined to overthrow everything they don't like.
I’m from San Francisco (5th generation) and lived in NYC in the 80s and I’m in the Arts. The number of LGBTQ people who migrated to these areas during my lifetime from places like Oklahoma/Texas/The South in general/The Midwest…every rural area in every state…It breaks my brain that this kind of migration is the only hope for so many people (And, of course, people of color as well) STILL the only hope for all these people. I had a friend who got a job as a professor in Arkansas in the 80s…she went into deep cover but couldn’t sustain (she’d grown up on the West Coast and got her doctorate at Columbia) it. She ended up going to LA for awhile and then back to her family to take care of her parents. The 80s!!!
“We just want our students to love our country,” one Republican lady said at a GOP prayer session..."
Typical republican/conservative claptrap. I can love my country while acknowledging its flaws. I want my country to be a better place for EVERYONE, you selfish bitch. I was born in 1960 and during elementary school they "taught" me American "history" leaving out the warts. In high school I started getting a glimpse of the warts and by college the warts were so fucking massive it tore me apart. But I didn't stop loving my country. I did really resent all the assholes who want to whitewash the fucking world with your lies of omission. When your children learn the truth, and they will, they will not thank you for the lies. They will feel betrayed and they may even hate you for it.
When I was in 10th grade in 1970, we had a filmstrip (it's like a PowerPoint presentation) on LSD created by the federal government. In it, they showed photos of infants born with hands growing out of their shoulders and feet growing out of their hips. We were told that these babies were born to parents where one or both had done LSD 24-48 hours prior to conceiving.
In college, I learned that those were photos of 1950's babies born to women who took Thalidomide.
The first time I was offered acid, I took it without hesitation, because I figured if there was any actual danger, the government wouldn't have tried to scare me away from it with lies.
Yeah, the govt has been telling lies about a lot of things for decades. But I hadn't heard about using Thalidomide babies to scare kids about LSD. Especially considering how long govt spent using LSD for mind control experiments.
"No one should be granted special legal status based on their LGBTQ+ identification."
Wow, I actually agree with them! Gay people should have EXACTLY the same rights as everyone else. No more, no less. Or do they think gay folk have extra advantages under law, and if so, what are they? "Live your life without being abused" doesn't count.
If you lie on your dating profile, eventually your dates will catch on and realize you aren’t a 6’4” special ops cryptocurrency billionaire. Because it’s kinda obvious once they get to know you.
If you lie on your party platform…well, TBF it’s worked so far.
Texas Republicans, I suspect, would just love to establish the Republic of Texas anew.
And that popular myth about the heroic freedom loving Anglos of Texas fighting against odds against the tyranny of Mexico, as exemplified in the figure of General Antonio de Santa Ana? It's worth about as much as most popular myths. (Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart never knew each other, Robin, if there was a real Robin, lived a couple of centuries later, and Richard was a lousy king anyway.)
The Texas revolution started because the settlers didn't want to lose the slaves they brought with them. Slavery was illegal in Mexico at the time and required that the slaves be freed. Clearly that was intolerable. As a number of right wingers are loudly screeching at present, what was so damn bad about black chattel slavery anyhow? So long as you're white.
Texas - land of religious wingnuts and lots of gun owners. What could go wrong?
It’s almost sad, really, that these people literally think “Well, if we don’t tell kids that LGBTQ+ people exist, beyond telling them how bad and ‘abnormal’ they are, they’ll just be straight and cis and we won’t ever have to hear anything about them anymore!”
That is not what they think though. They think they can force The Queers back into isolation, into the closet, for it is much easier to continue using them as an Other to rally against if they are not mainstream.
Probably time we stop thinking of them as simply mistaken. This shit is 100% on purpose.
Don't Texans have anything better to do, so shut up and die?
Their main purpose in life is to tell other people what to do and how to think.
I thought people became fully adult at 18 and could choose to get tattoos, body piercing, appendectomies. etc without approval from the government, Surely hormone treatments should anyone right. But this is Texas. Next they'll have auctions where unwed men can buy unwed women.
It’s ironic that Texas wants to portray the Alamo defenders heroic, when in fact Santa Anna was trying to drive out the Americans because they were legalizing slavery which was antithetical to the Mexicans
Some of the Ten Commandments :
VI. Thou shalt not kill…. Except Muslims and Lebanese Christians and other people of color
VIl. Thou shalt not commit adultery.- except with hookers and children
VIII. Thou shalt not steal. Just lie about it!
Having and affirming sincerely held religious belief does nothing for those who ask for commutations of death penalties to life in prison...
"These people are doing the exact things that will make these kids 'hate America.'"
Also the things that will make their kids dump them in a home at the first available opportunity, and then not visit them on their birthday or call on Christmas
And what will these kids think when they apply to colleges with actual (and deserved) reputations for excellence in education, and they are either denied admission because of their ignorance; discover that their dreams and falsehoods are shattered when they enter the real world; or try to accommodate the new realities they encounter and learn that not only was everything they were taught in Texas false, but that their parents were in on it and are as much a problem as the legislators. Boy, won't that create a cohort of angry, frustrated, left-wing radicals who will be determined to overthrow everything they don't like.
They won't learn any of this stuff. They won't be able to go to any college outside Texas.
I’m from San Francisco (5th generation) and lived in NYC in the 80s and I’m in the Arts. The number of LGBTQ people who migrated to these areas during my lifetime from places like Oklahoma/Texas/The South in general/The Midwest…every rural area in every state…It breaks my brain that this kind of migration is the only hope for so many people (And, of course, people of color as well) STILL the only hope for all these people. I had a friend who got a job as a professor in Arkansas in the 80s…she went into deep cover but couldn’t sustain (she’d grown up on the West Coast and got her doctorate at Columbia) it. She ended up going to LA for awhile and then back to her family to take care of her parents. The 80s!!!
Everything's More Untruthy In Texas
“We just want our students to love our country,” one Republican lady said at a GOP prayer session..."
Typical republican/conservative claptrap. I can love my country while acknowledging its flaws. I want my country to be a better place for EVERYONE, you selfish bitch. I was born in 1960 and during elementary school they "taught" me American "history" leaving out the warts. In high school I started getting a glimpse of the warts and by college the warts were so fucking massive it tore me apart. But I didn't stop loving my country. I did really resent all the assholes who want to whitewash the fucking world with your lies of omission. When your children learn the truth, and they will, they will not thank you for the lies. They will feel betrayed and they may even hate you for it.
When I was in 10th grade in 1970, we had a filmstrip (it's like a PowerPoint presentation) on LSD created by the federal government. In it, they showed photos of infants born with hands growing out of their shoulders and feet growing out of their hips. We were told that these babies were born to parents where one or both had done LSD 24-48 hours prior to conceiving.
In college, I learned that those were photos of 1950's babies born to women who took Thalidomide.
The first time I was offered acid, I took it without hesitation, because I figured if there was any actual danger, the government wouldn't have tried to scare me away from it with lies.
Yeah, the govt has been telling lies about a lot of things for decades. But I hadn't heard about using Thalidomide babies to scare kids about LSD. Especially considering how long govt spent using LSD for mind control experiments.
"No one should be granted special legal status based on their LGBTQ+ identification."
Wow, I actually agree with them! Gay people should have EXACTLY the same rights as everyone else. No more, no less. Or do they think gay folk have extra advantages under law, and if so, what are they? "Live your life without being abused" doesn't count.
Is it too late to sell / give Texas back to Mexico?
I bet there are a lot of folks who would help broker that deal!
Just what I've been thinking and wondering for ages now!
If you lie on your dating profile, eventually your dates will catch on and realize you aren’t a 6’4” special ops cryptocurrency billionaire. Because it’s kinda obvious once they get to know you.
If you lie on your party platform…well, TBF it’s worked so far.