(August 22, 2012 at 8:42 pm)C.W. Sims Wrote: Well seeing as I was born and raised there, and I still have a large portion of my family there, as well as the family of my partner, who also was born and raised in Texas, yes, some people might. I agree Texas is ass backwards, and has horrendously bad laws, and more than it's fair share of fucking idiots, but comments like that are uncalled for and hurtful to someone who might have been from there.
Plus, giving the bad people a huge chunk of land is exactly what created Australia, so don't count on such an idea actually making that problem go away. They'd still find a way to fuck with us.
Are you suggesting that I hold my tongue on the off chance that I might offend someone's geographically based sensibilities? You admitted that Texas is ass backward. Your words, not mine. Yet, you still have the gumption to chastise me for criticising the homeland.
I lived in Texas for three years (2001-2004). I loved it, up until the point that I heard a second generation American call someone that looked just like him a wetback, as if to say; "We got here first and enjoy the spoils. You're too late to the party so take your dirty, hungry indian looking ass back across the Rio Grande." In Texas, it's ok to 'look' Mexican, but you must prove that you weren't born there. There's a huge difference in Texas between a Mexican and a Mexican-national.
