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You don't think I should be able too complain about my home state? nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #1
Do you think that is what she meant? It is NOT what she said. Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #2
See post 13. nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #14
It sure sounds like that's what she meant kcr Sep 2016 #29
And comments like this: TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #48
If you live here, you are part of the solution TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #3
I live here. I was born here. I've worked my ass off. Ilsa Sep 2016 #13
This. n/t Different Drummer Sep 2016 #17
I'm getting old, dammit, and I'm Ilsa Sep 2016 #24
That's what I was looking at until I got lucky Warpy Sep 2016 #70
And if one leaves TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #18
I won't lord it over anyone if I don't get chastized for getting out when Ilsa Sep 2016 #26
I live here and am going to let you have it (the Texas Problem) Jim Beard Sep 2016 #44
Texas is used as an ATM for the Democratic Party Gothmog Sep 2016 #68
Absolutely. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #76
And by the Republicans and by the Libertarians Bucky Sep 2016 #107
I live in Florida. Baitball Blogger Sep 2016 #61
I still live in the South, but I recognize the problems with racism/bigotry/hatred and ignorance. Hoyt Sep 2016 #4
Then, you are part of the solution. I hope, anyway. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #5
When I travel down South, and hear mainly blacks called "Boy" and also the N-word... I'll complain. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #6
Sincerely doubt that. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #11
I guess you're used to it. From the north, it's shocking to hear--each and every time. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #15
How funny - I hear more racism in New York than anywhere. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #27
Racism is prevalent in the Northeast, it just that it runs as a verbal undercurrent, not as open. TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #45
Me, neither. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #19
Let's face it Dreamer Tatum Sep 2016 #25
The hell GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #56
I lived in SC for a spell - Greenville... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #7
Thank you. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #20
Did you ever talk politics with any of them demosincebirth Sep 2016 #35
Bingo. narnian60 Sep 2016 #40
Yes, and it was half and half... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #51
Nice on the surface Jim Beard Sep 2016 #47
Not the ones I hung with the most. Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #52
my daughter lives in Greeville - what a great town DrDan Sep 2016 #72
I have been a Floridian for over sixty years. lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #8
Oh, I know it's just a minority of DUers TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #22
Region hating is stupid. There are good people in all areas. It'd be better to take this up with uppityperson Sep 2016 #9
I lived in Texas, and I tried for the 14 years I was there to help change Loki Sep 2016 #10
Thank you for your efforts. Ilsa Sep 2016 #16
I live in Texas and feel the same way. The national Democrats have abandoned us. Jim Beard Sep 2016 #49
My state can beat up your state! Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #12
LOL underpants Sep 2016 #23
Yep... deathrind Sep 2016 #65
I hit the trifecta: lived in Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #21
Yep. If there was a medal, you'd have earned it. nt Ilsa Sep 2016 #28
Same here GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #59
Same here except OriginalGeek Sep 2016 #112
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #30
Troll alert. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #31
Toothpick carving uppityperson Sep 2016 #32
Meta n/t demmiblue Sep 2016 #33
It started here warrprayer Sep 2016 #39
Thank you for the link etherealtruth Sep 2016 #97
What does META stand for? warrprayer Sep 2016 #103
Technically its a discussion about the discussion etherealtruth Sep 2016 #104
Thanks for the info warrprayer Sep 2016 #108
I moved to Florida from Indiana radical noodle Sep 2016 #34
Molly Ivans warrprayer Sep 2016 #36
Notice my Ann Richards comment? TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #54
I am Catholic warrprayer Sep 2016 #57
I loved Ann Richards, she was great, still remember her speech at the DNC convention, Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #58
I just spend three hours training poll watchers Gothmog Sep 2016 #69
Hoping! TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #75
Amen! Bigots, each and everyone of them Ishoutandscream2 Sep 2016 #37
my view also - bigotry through and through DrDan Sep 2016 #73
I have lived in both Texas and Florida. world wide wally Sep 2016 #38
They're nice to some people, not so nice to others. Mariana Sep 2016 #80
I don't hate the South-I met some wonderful people when I visited there. jalan48 Sep 2016 #41
I'm Texas Born and Texas Proud TwistedTinkerbelle Sep 2016 #42
I've lived here in Wisconsin my whole life. Archae Sep 2016 #43
If Texas goes blue.... MicaelS Sep 2016 #46
Been hearing about us turning blue since probably 2004. Ilsa Sep 2016 #60
You can add me to your "list" tazkcmo Sep 2016 #50
I didn't start the fight. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #62
Garland is must have been what messed you up on Texas LOL- Nobody moves there on purpose snooper2 Sep 2016 #117
That's how you can tell tazkcmo Sep 2016 #118
We live in a big, beautiful country PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #53
Please add me to your list. cheapdate Sep 2016 #55
I do my best not to hate anybody. LWolf Sep 2016 #63
The ugly rant is only a response TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #74
the south is full of right wing racist gun nut assholes JI7 Sep 2016 #64
Well Bless your little heart. oneshooter Sep 2016 #93
Righteous rant, my Texas friend. cry baby Sep 2016 #66
No shit back, my new Texas friend. :) TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #77
There are a ton of good Democrats working to turn the south and in my case, Texas, blue Gothmog Sep 2016 #67
Yes we are, still loving living and enjoying Texas, it is my home by choice. Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #79
On second thought, you know what? Add me to your damn list. Iggo Sep 2016 #71
Happy to oblige. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #78
It's just easier to stereotype everyone than to understand that almost everywhere is purple. TwilightZone Sep 2016 #81
You told us the problem in Texas isn't the whites, but those ... other ... people muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #82
No TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #89
Yes. I quoted your words. You were the first to bring race into that thread muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #92
So, people who hate the south TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #94
You were also the first person to claim it was about 'hate' muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #96
thanks for posting and showing what this is really about JI7 Sep 2016 #95
Well, those other people Mariana Sep 2016 #99
Speaking of other people..................... Jim Beard Sep 2016 #83
I'm from New Jersey. Glassunion Sep 2016 #84
Oh, I agree with the humor. TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #90
Meh PasadenaTrudy Sep 2016 #85
I was born and raised in the TX panhandle littlebit Sep 2016 #86
I grew up in the South. I went to elementary school, junior high school, high school, college, and BigDemVoter Sep 2016 #87
From SC. Thanks for this thread. I feel your pain. nt raccoon Sep 2016 #88
Why do you CARE? LeftyMom Sep 2016 #91
A lot of Texans seriously identify with their state. Mariana Sep 2016 #105
How many other states / regions do you MicaelS Sep 2016 #110
Believe me, I know exactly how it feels Mariana Sep 2016 #111
How many Texans and southerners ON THIS BOARD TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #116
We're going to punish those red staters's once Hillary is firmly in power. ileus Sep 2016 #98
Speaking as a southerner, I'll just say this: linuxman Sep 2016 #100
I would like to start a group for those who sympathize w/Michigan. JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #101
Lived in Oklahoma and currently in West Virginia. a la izquierda Sep 2016 #102
ha-ha. I'm a proud Southerner from Texas. But I do kinda hate Florida. Bucky Sep 2016 #106
It takes a special brand of blind dogma to pretend that ignorance or racism is held in place by imag LanternWaste Sep 2016 #109
Fuckin' A, TMWAH. Many thanks for the much-deserved slap-down. Paladin Sep 2016 #113
Pfft. Florida doesn't hold a candle to my Pennsylvania town's heroin ODs Orrex Sep 2016 #114
Given your fine example of Southerness whistler162 Sep 2016 #115
I'll wait for the translation. RonniePudding Sep 2016 #119
Guess I missed something? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #120
Why so hostile?? womanofthehills Sep 2016 #121
My Governor can eat his own ass... lame54 Sep 2016 #122
I live in Florida TSIAS Sep 2016 #123
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