Any Texans in chat?

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crap i forgot :frowning_with_open_mouth:

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Ah, my apologies - I will clarify. It requires the sign be donated and the school is required to post it in a conspicuous place. Perhaps you’re lucky that no one has donated one to your school.

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797I.htm

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If it’s donated by an institution, I don’t see why it shouldn’t be placed in a place of honor. It’s a common motto for the country. It’s on our currency, as well.

Believe it or not, the United States is a Christian-adjacent country and several other states have similar ordinances in place.

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Ok, so we’re in agreement they’re not “just there.”

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No.
Ben Franklin, Samuel Clemens, and Will Rogers all “got it”. Poking fun at politics because at certain times it’s just so ludicrous, and people knew the intent was to elicit a laugh.
But now due to the news media and social media’s oversaturation of society, it has trained much of the population to subscribe to it’s viewpoint that EVERYTHING has a political motive. Even if it’s satire, it is written to sway more than garner a chuckle. Keywords being “subscribe to it’s viewpoint”. That’s the part people let themselves get wrapped up in because they’ve been trained to choose a side, and it’s a convenience to let someone else’s opinion guide the narrative.

Don’t be a sheep. Be a wolf. Better yet, be a tree.
Less walking involved, lots of shade and if you go nuts it’s considered a service not a fault.

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Evangelical Christians are “just there” in Texas, yes.

But I’ll concede. Christianity plays a huge role in politics. The US is a Christian-adjacent nation, so are you really surprised, though?

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What does that mean to you, exactly?

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I’ve lived in Texas nearly 40 years and grew up in one of the reddest, most conservative counties with loads of evangelicals, so I’d have to disagree with you here. Perhaps their influence is less noticeable in cities. But it’s still there, statewide.

Not at all. I hope I don’t come across as surprised. What I did find surprising was the suggestion that they’re “just there.” That is where my disagreement lie.

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Policies in place since the very beginnings of America as a concept began with and still continue to have Christian values in place. Separation of church and state is a thing, yes, but it doesn’t mean lawmakers aren’t overwhelmingly Christian and won’t (even subconsciously) go to Christianity to write up policies.

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Climate there is pretty miserable TBH.

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Fair enough

I dunno, I’ll take some toasty summers over having to shovel snow, personally.

I love the heat anyways.

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Shoveling snow actually sucks.

I like the cold, but only in passing.

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I lived in Texas for about 35 years. I won’t go into politics because you probably already know everything you need to know. I grew up there and worked as a software dev for years in the DFW area. Finding a tech job was always fairly easy – recruiters never leave you alone – and you mentioned tech so I’m assuming you’re in the same boat.

I remember being in college (many years ago) on the East Coast and yearning for “Texas Days”, which were clear and cloudless. I liked Texas for a long time, but where I lived, which started as a smaller town, is now congested and overgrown.

I moved about 5 years ago (personal reasons unrelated to Texas in any way) but I’m happy I did – the heat was getting too much for me. I still have most of my family there, and it was nice not to have income tax, but you definitely made up for it in property taxes. I also definitely miss the Tex-Mex!

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totally. i would definitely be skinnier if, instead of driving to the store to pick up 200 pounds of chicken feed at a time, i simply walked the 9 miles up a 55-mph highway with no sidewalks or shoulder, then carried the bags back in a little wagon behind me. this not only makes sense, it’s healthier. win win!

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Yeah, the big cities have all gone dem and turned to garbage (Austin, Houston, DFW). It’s interesting how people flee their junk states for better pastures and keep voting for the policies that made their home states junk.

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Everyone says something like this when they want to cling to the society Firestone built for them. But unless 90% of your trips are for chicken feed, youre just dodging the question.

A car-centric city was a scheme designed by auto and oil executives. We have the documents, there is proof.

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As someone who lives outside of the states I have never heard anything good about texas.

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Any Texans in chat?

The Texans are ok but they are only 7-6. I’d go with the Cowboys who are 10-3 and just beat the Eagles.

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we’re talking about big cities, not really rural towns.

Dallas and Houston are impossible to live comfortably in, without a car.

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Women’s rights over their own bodies.

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