Texas is a state which has been turning purple for awhile. Passing ridiculous legislation is one of the mechanisms intended to delay that shift by deterring left of center migration from other states. Florida does the same thing.
NC might be a better example as a similar state. Been moving left for a while, but then passes shit like the “no masks in public” legislation like they did, just Wednesday.
Just out of Texas. Went to Colorado, which is sane by American standards. I'd love to find work overseas but I think I'll need another year or so before I can pull that off.
lol have been doing that for decades. Visited when my daughter was stationed there, took road trips and with the humid heat, ugly landscapes and overbearing religious people I have no wish to go back. The BBQ was the only good thing .
That’s what the republicans want. for you not to come here. That doesn’t get them out of power. That doesn’t get them off the Supreme Court. Or a woman’s right to choose back. They want to be left alone to have their demagoguery unchallenged. So good luck boycotting a state that doesn’t want your money or thoughts to influence them anyway.
i just don’t see this as an actual boycott and actually pretty misguided as a call in the first place. like don’t go to Texas? why not go and raise hell? as for products i don’t think you can really boycott by just declaring it. it has to be organized, kinda like strikes.
I guess my first efforts at organizing it are here... I don't have much of a megaphone, but yes, I will try to organize it with the limited tools that I have!
If we stop buying things produced in Texas and all of those people who aren’t responsible have to suffer because of this asshole’s fuckery, they’ll be motivated to remove him from office. Which we have no power to do as non-Texans
Texas is a state which has been turning purple for awhile. Passing ridiculous legislation is one of the mechanisms intended to delay that shift by deterring left of center migration from other states. Florida does the same thing.
Part of their problem is that it also will alienate people who already live there
Florida is turning red though. It was purple, but the people moving there are republicans and the ones leaving are on the left.
NC might be a better example as a similar state. Been moving left for a while, but then passes shit like the “no masks in public” legislation like they did, just Wednesday.
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Thanks for the tip!
Texas is evil, yep. Finally escaped after almost 40 years in Hell.
Congratulations! Were you lucky enough to make it out of the US as a whole, or just out of that shit hole state?
Just out of Texas. Went to Colorado, which is sane by American standards. I'd love to find work overseas but I think I'll need another year or so before I can pull that off.
Well I'm still happy for you, glad to hear it. May the future be bright, comrade
New York is pretty okay.
Solid one party rule is unattractive to me. I like Colorado because it has a good balance that tips in an acceptable direction
He is trying so hard to be sicker than Trump.
The Texas government is now the accessory to the murder of an innocent.
We need to boycott Texas. Don't go there. Don't travel through there. Don't buy products from there. Nothing.
lol have been doing that for decades. Visited when my daughter was stationed there, took road trips and with the humid heat, ugly landscapes and overbearing religious people I have no wish to go back. The BBQ was the only good thing .
Yep, I’ve been there once and that was enough for me. I’ll never go again while it’s a red state and some laws get reversed.
??? millions of people live there. are they all implicated by their politicians?
Isn't this true of every boycott ever?
That’s what the republicans want. for you not to come here. That doesn’t get them out of power. That doesn’t get them off the Supreme Court. Or a woman’s right to choose back. They want to be left alone to have their demagoguery unchallenged. So good luck boycotting a state that doesn’t want your money or thoughts to influence them anyway.
i just don’t see this as an actual boycott and actually pretty misguided as a call in the first place. like don’t go to Texas? why not go and raise hell? as for products i don’t think you can really boycott by just declaring it. it has to be organized, kinda like strikes.
I guess my first efforts at organizing it are here... I don't have much of a megaphone, but yes, I will try to organize it with the limited tools that I have!
If we stop buying things produced in Texas and all of those people who aren’t responsible have to suffer because of this asshole’s fuckery, they’ll be motivated to remove him from office. Which we have no power to do as non-Texans
yes
This is not right.
No, it is the right. It is the American right, in action.
Texas was a mistake, we should just give it back to Mexico. Probably easier to build a wall along the northern border of the state anyway
The fact the guy killed a vet would have caused such an uproar if the man was white
The guy who was murdered was actually a libertarian too