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I’m not sure why this is newsworthy but yes Texas is hard right, Austin is just one of the most left leaning areas of the hard right. Overall it is still one of

I’m not sure why this is newsworthy but yes Texas is hard right, Austin is just one of the most left leaning areas of the hard right. Overall it is still one of those places you will want to stay on the interstate and stick to the major cities if your not Caucasian. Nonsense increases the closer to the southern border you get. Cops have no checks in the areas with no cell phone service, if you are driving while anything you’ll get pulled over in those areas.

JamesBarney 6y ago
Texas was one of the 10 closest states in the previous election. If it's a "hard right" state than 80% of the states in the U.S. are "hard left" or "hard right". Which is a completely nonsensical definition.
- mint2 6y ago
  If I had to guess, The poster was a bit loose on their language. I think what they are getting at is there’s a non insignificant chunk that’s the type that would like to enforce sundown towns even today. And that a liberal from Ca is different than a liberal from Texas. Like our “left” (according to the average American) is democrats but compared to Europe they are pretty center, center right on some things. Or like joe manchin is nowhere near as left as a Cory booker but each works for their area.
0xBDB 6y ago
Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. Literally every citywide elected official in Dallas is a person of color. I suppose it's arguable that you may want to stay out of some suburbs if you're not Caucasian, but an American major city is an American major city on that score.
- masonic 6y ago
  Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. Literally every citywide elected official in Dallas is a person of color. Having zero whites (or Asians?) is an odd definition of "diverse".
  - 0xBDB 6y ago
    Houston doesn't have zero whites or Asians. Dallas's executive leadership (not Dallas itself or even the city council) does, but I didn't claim it was diverse; those are two separate sentences, both responses to the parent's claim that there were major cities in Texas that are uniquely unsafe for minorities.

JamesBarney 6y ago

Texas was one of the 10 closest states in the previous election. If it's a "hard right" state than 80% of the states in the U.S. are "hard left" or "hard right". Which is a completely nonsensical definition.

mint2 6y ago
If I had to guess, The poster was a bit loose on their language. I think what they are getting at is there’s a non insignificant chunk that’s the type that would like to enforce sundown towns even today. And that a liberal from Ca is different than a liberal from Texas. Like our “left” (according to the average American) is democrats but compared to Europe they are pretty center, center right on some things. Or like joe manchin is nowhere near as left as a Cory booker but each works for their area.

0xBDB 6y ago

Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. Literally every citywide elected official in Dallas is a person of color. I suppose it's arguable that you may want to stay out of some suburbs if you're not Caucasian, but an American major city is an American major city on that score.

masonic 6y ago
Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. Literally every citywide elected official in Dallas is a person of color. Having zero whites (or Asians?) is an odd definition of "diverse".
- 0xBDB 6y ago
  Houston doesn't have zero whites or Asians. Dallas's executive leadership (not Dallas itself or even the city council) does, but I didn't claim it was diverse; those are two separate sentences, both responses to the parent's claim that there were major cities in Texas that are uniquely unsafe for minorities.