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In reply to the discussion: News from my friend in the Texas panhandle [View all]angrychair
(10,103 posts)18. Truly
I hope your friend is ok. Truly. I don't wish harm on anybody.
That said, I'm tired of always taking the high road. Especially with a state that has chosen to treat women like cattle. That treats LGBTQ people like 2nd class citizens. That treats people of color worse than 2nd class citizens.
It wasn't some amorphous "they" that created those laws. It was the citizens of Texas that did that.
That reelected Abbott. Reelected Paxton.
Not just reserved for Texas. Also Indiana. Missouri. Alabama. Tennessee. Anywhere there is systemic, government organized, disenfranchisement, I will show them the same kindness and grace and mercy they have extended to others.
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So sorry! We've lived near fires & have been lucky but I have much sympathy for those whose luck ran out
catrose
Feb 2024
#1
It is NOT "very democratic" when the side representing many fewer voters
DemocraticPatriot
Mar 2024
#72
I agree. I want the worse to happen to Texas. But there are good people there too.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2024
#13
I've lived outside of Austin for 36 years and seen our climate change quite a lot.
walkingman
Feb 2024
#14
Exacly - San Angelo has very few trees and much more desert like than Austin. I
walkingman
Feb 2024
#40
Know some very good Democrats in Texas. Heck, I even know a few in Mississippi.
Silent Type
Feb 2024
#17
When the almeda fire hit our area, we lost two thirds of the manufactured homes,
MerryBlooms
Feb 2024
#38
I'm glad your folks are safe. I'm sorry for the livestock suffering and loss. 😢
MerryBlooms
Feb 2024
#25
Texas Panhandle with is basically most on the area from near Lubbock to the Oklahoma border
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2024
#30
Man the snow didn't put a damper on this? Oh my! I heard the dry air and wind is back. (Well, it's the panhandle)
LeftInTX
Mar 2024
#54
Let's also not forget that many of us here on DU are native Texans and still live here.
Trueblue Texan
Mar 2024
#62
I see no end in sight to this fire. It's very scary. The weather is not cooperating.
LeftInTX
Mar 2024
#67
I won't pray to the idiot allegedly in the sky but I do wish the best for your friend
CousinIT
Mar 2024
#70
They are hurting but never do anything to change the situation created by Republicans so how much
ZonkerHarris
Mar 2024
#74