Why so much hate in Texas?

[Captain America]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

 

[nota bene]

 

[Gaugingcatenate]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

I guess it all depends on what you define as hate... I find the SPLC to be a pretty hateful bunch, myself. There might be real hate out there, I do not trust SPLC to give me the real story, have found them to be way biased in the past, and so dismiss what they say generally.

If I could do it over and make it happen, I would be from Texas, actually.

 

[LowDown]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

Citing the Southern Poverty Law Center as an authority on hate groups destroys your credibility. An honest assessment of Texas would be very different, I suspect.

It's good to see that you got to be so virtuous and enlightened that you can crap on your home town and old neighbors, now, though. It must give you a warm feeling all over to think how great you are.

Suffice to say that most of us see Texas differently. We have a black mayor and many black police officers in Houston, which has some of the best hospitals and universities in the country. Austin is even more progressive, more progressive than I can stand, anyway, and a center of IT excellence. And the presistance of traditional values in Texas is a feature, not a bug.

It turns out that the anti-cop hate group who ginned up enough anger to inspire a shooter to actually go after cops in Dallas consisted of just one man and his Facebook page. We are getting all upset over the doings of the tiny tiny fringe of a fringe. I know better than to go looking for them in the SPL's page, though, since the SPL probably regards anti-cop groups as progressive.

 

[Captain America]

 

[Carjosse]

I hate to break this to anyone but Texas is small. Texas is just insecure about its size.

 

[shrubnose]

Citing the Southern Poverty Law Center as an authority on hate groups destroys your credibility. An honest assessment of Texas would be very different, I suspect.

It's good to see that you got to be so virtuous and enlightened that you can crap on your home town and old neighbors, now, though. It must give you a warm feeling all over to think how great you are.

Suffice to say that most of us see Texas differently. We have a black mayor and many black police officers in Houston, which has some of the best hospitals and universities in the country. Austin is even more progressive, more progressive than I can stand, anyway, and a center of IT excellence. And the presistance of traditional values in Texas is a feature, not a bug.

It turns out that the anti-cop hate group who ginned up enough anger to inspire a shooter to actually go after cops in Dallas consisted of just one man and his Facebook page. We are getting all upset over the doings of the tiny tiny fringe of a fringe. I know better than to go looking for them in the SPL's page, though, since

the SPL probably regards anti-cop groups as progressive.

Let's see you post some proof of this BS.




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch,running out of time,GOP.

 

[joG]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

It's called provincialism.

PS:The thing with the girls isn't right, Btw.

 

[SDET]

There's the problem, right there in bold. On top of that, Southern Poverty Law Center, doesn't have a bias, nah, couldn't be.

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

 

[Glen Contrarian]

I guess it all depends on what you define as hate... I find the SPLC to be a pretty hateful bunch, myself. There might be real hate out there, I do not trust SPLC to give me the real story, have found them to be way biased in the past, and so dismiss what they say generally.

If I could do it over and make it happen, I would be from Texas, actually.

What the SPLC does is not hating, but pointing out hate. But of course since they're pointing out the hate, y'all accuse them of being hateful. It's no surprise, since y'all like to claim that the real racists are the ones pointing out the racism.

 

[ocean515]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

I see that posters have already properly dismissed the dismal ideologues at the SPLC, so no need to spend much energy on their stuff.

IMO, the emotions being expressed are a result of the actions of agitprop group to which the SPLC could be argued is a party to.

This offensive has blanketed people loving people with blanket bigotry, and outrageous labels. It has pointed fingers, and applied PC litmus tests designed to destroy anyone who innocently falls into it's crosshairs.

In other words, the raw emotion is all by design, and is part of the effort to achieve an end game. And "we" are nothing but tools in this game.

The emotion is a reasonable reaction, but this emotion should not be directed to the pawns on the other side, but the players who are using them.

Just look at who is behind of, and in support of groups like the SPLC, and other similarly aligned forces, and you will know who to direct the emotion towards.

 

[Gaugingcatenate]

What the SPLC does is not hating, but pointing out hate. But of course since they're pointing out the hate, y'all accuse them of being hateful. It's no surprise, since y'all like to claim that the real racists are the ones pointing out the racism.

So, in your opinion, is any group that is against SSM or gay adoption automatically a hate group? Any group against immigration, especially illegal immigration....hate group? Any group concerned about Muslim radicals a hate group? Any group against multiculturalism automatically a hate group?

 

[SDET]

So, in your opinion, is any group that is against SSM or gay adoption automatically a hate group? Any group against immigration, especially illegal immigration....hate group? Any group concerned about Muslim radicals a hate group? Any group against multiculturalism automatically a hate group?

That's the opinion of any Alinskyite.

 

[Renae]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

Nothings wrong with Texas, you're just broken.

 

[Renae]

What the SPLC does is not hating, but pointing out hate. But of course since they're pointing out the hate, y'all accuse them of being hateful. It's no surprise, since y'all like to claim that the real racists are the ones pointing out the racism.

In the academic study “Watching the Watchers: The Neglect of Academic Analysis of Progressive Groups,” published in the January 2014 issue of Academic Questions, Professor John Yancey finds that Southern Poverty Law Center provides a concrete example of “irrational shortcomings” regarding the publishing of its “Hatewatch” list.

The academic paper was reported by Napp Nazworth at the Christian Post

The “Hatewatch” list is, in actual fact, a list of Southern Poverty Law Center’s enemies–oftentimes Christian groups, for example. In August 2012, a man carrying a copy of that Hatewatch list started shooting in the lobby of the Family Research Council building in Washington, DC. Southern Poverty Law Center had placed the pro-Christian Family Research Council on its “Hatewatch.”

Yancey points out examples where, according to SPLC’s definition of “hate group,” leftist organizations should be included on its list.

As our society became more politically partisan, SPLC cemented its position as speaking for those with progressive political and social attitudes. Rather than developing into an objective clearinghouse for the identification of hatred – no matter where the source of that hatred may develop – SPLC has become a useful organization for progressives to legitimate their battle against conservatives. Since conservative Christians are categorized as opponents there is little, if any, incentive for SPLC to recognize hateful expressions against Christians, because doing so actually works against the social vested interest of the group.

Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch | SPLC | Bias

It's a progressive activist **** show with very little redeeming value outside giving true believers something to salivate over.

 

[RetiredUSN]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

After living in Corpus/Ingleside my last 9 months in the Navy, I can see why Texans brag.

I loved the state (except Brownsville).

Texans tend to drive friendly once you clear the big cities. The folk were always very friendly!

It has almost gators than Florida....(something I learned the hard way)

Open country!

Gulf coast!...... Padre Island

You have everything in Texas.

I can see why folks brag.

 

[Glen Contrarian]

So, in your opinion, is any group that is against SSM or gay adoption automatically a hate group? Any group against immigration, especially illegal immigration....hate group? Any group concerned about Muslim radicals a hate group? Any group against multiculturalism automatically a hate group?

The SPLC doesn't "automatically" label a group that's against SSM or gay adoption or the rest a hate group. They have a set criteria that they use to determine what is and what is not a hate group. From USA Today:

The only organization that formally designates hate groups is the Southern Poverty Law Center, which was founded in 1971 as a civil rights group and has its headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. In 2013, according to the SPLC, there were more than 900 hate groups nationwide.

The SPLC's criteria for calling out a group have nothing to do with violence or criminal activity. Instead, being labeled a hate group depends on whether the group has "beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics," such as being black, white, Asian and so on.

 

[Glen Contrarian]

Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch | SPLC | Bias

It's a progressive activist **** show with very little redeeming value outside giving true believers something to salivate over.

Yeah, because tolerance for ALL races and demographic groups is a progressive value, it must be wrong, huh?

I strongly remember I started a poll once asking which was more important, freedom FROM discrimination, or freedom TO discriminate. And surprise, surprise, guess who defended which side? ALL liberals (and some conservatives) supported freedom FROM discrimination...but every. single. one. of the DP members who defended the freedom TO discriminate was either conservative or libertarian.

Which should come as a surprise to precisely no one here.

 

[Master PO]

I am a native Texan. Born, raised, educated right there in the Great State of Texas.

Like most Texans, I have a tendency to brag. You know, "Texas is biggest, bluest skies, prettiest girls, God's country, yada, yada, yada." :roll:

After moving away in the service of Uncle Sam, I got a glimpse of the world outside Texas. Now, I find all that braggadocio to be somewhat embarrassing when I hear my Texas friends and family doing it.

I go back to Texas from time to time. I find Texas best when taken in small doses. Although I love travelling the landscape and visiting old friends and family, I'm always glad to get back home from there.

Texas isn't how I remembered it. I watch all my old friends and family, wrapped in the flag and clutching their cross, spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda steeped in hatred for one group or another on their Facebook pages and also on sites like this. Why so much hate from Texas?

I was also surprised to learn that Texas has an alarming number of registered hate groups. Far out numbering any other state in the union.

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

What went wrong Texas? Why so much gnashing of the teeth and oozing hatred for others?

Pray for Texas.

oh please!

 

[DifferentDrummr]

Nothings wrong with Texas, you're just broken.

Texas was born broken. That's its birthright.

It can fill itself with blue bonnets, friendly drivers (sometimes), oil drilling, and good universities, but none of those things will make it whole. It's Texas, and there's no cure for that.

 

[Master PO]

Texas was born broken. That's its birthright.

It can fill itself with blue bonnets, friendly drivers (sometimes), oil drilling, and good universities, but none of those things will make it whole. It's Texas, and there's no cure for that.

then we have a lot of others to add to the list.

 

[DifferentDrummr]

then we have a lot of others to add to the list.

You mean like those who advocate absolute liberty but who live in police states like China? :lamo

 

[Master PO]

You mean like those who advocate absolute liberty but who live in police states like China? :lamo

no like those who claim they are for rights, but violate them.

 

[Henrin]

Yeah, because tolerance for ALL races and demographic groups is a progressive value, it must be wrong, huh?

I strongly remember I started a poll once asking which was more important, freedom FROM discrimination, or freedom TO discriminate. And surprise, surprise, guess who defended which side? ALL liberals (and some conservatives) supported freedom FROM discrimination...but every. single. one. of the DP members who defended the freedom TO discriminate was either conservative or libertarian.

Which should come as a surprise to precisely no one here.

In that thread many people couldn't understand the idea that the ability to discriminate is essential for many rights to even function in the first place. What would the right to association be worth without the right to not associate? What would the right to property be worth without the right to decide who can and who can not use your property? People need the right to discriminate in order to have many of their rights.

 

[Verthaine]

In that thread many people couldn't understand the idea that the ability to discriminate is essential for many rights to even function in the first place. What would the right to association be worth without the right to not associate? What would the right to property be worth without the right to decide who can and who can not use your property? People need the right to discriminate in order to have many of their rights.

People already have the right (is any one pointing a gun to your and your families heads forcing you not to discriminate?) and ability to discriminate.
What they want is the right to discriminate without absolutly no repurcussions whatsoever. Not just the right not to be prersecuted for committing a crime.But the right not to be sued,not to be boycotted,not to have bad reviews written aout them on Yelp, and not to even be criticized for it whatsoever.
.
It is as if they expect to be congradulated by everyone,told what great people they are,have a parade thrown in their honor,and rose petels thrown at their feet.just because they refused to sell a wedding cake.