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Actually Texas has cheap, well-funded state schools. It is financially a well-managed state. Maybe you should switch to saying "That's Illinois" or "That's Chi
by sol_remmy 9y ago
Actually Texas has cheap, well-funded state schools. It is financially a well-managed state.
Maybe you should switch to saying "That's Illinois" or "That's Chicago", they're the dysfunctional state now.
- vidarh 9y agoWe're more likely to start referring to them as Texas than change the term.
- brewdad 9y agoPerhaps a more modern take might be Florida Man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man
- s73ver_ 9y agoIn some aspects. In others, such as public health, it is not.
- hyperbolerules 9y agoyou can’t argue logically with leftist insult attempts. norwegians very much believe themselves to be better than you and will sneer at you after affronting you with silly outdated stereotypes. it’s adorable
- vidarh 9y agoWhat's adorable is that you think it has anything to do with left/right politics, especially given that it was pointed out that it was down to Western movies, not about present day Texas, and that it's use implies an insult.
- KirinDave 9y agoIt also is the #1 force fighting against basic biology education in the US, the #1 safe harbor for patent trolls, and a state that is single handedly leading the charge on making inexpensive women's health clinics literally illegal. So no. The fact that Texas can fund state schools of reasonable quality with the spoils of these actions does not dismiss the fact that it's one of the most frustrating states in the union from the perspective of modern education and industry.