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The apparent disdain for Texas in this thread is bizarre.

cddotdotslash 4y ago
I mean… it’s the state that implemented this law. So we’re not talking about Montana or something here.
yieldcrv 4y ago
I’m a big fan of simply exiting sovereign markets that are not worth it and would like to see corporations do this more frequently It is very easy for private sector of almost any size to remind sovereigns about overplaying their hand
the_jeremy 4y ago
As a not-Texan, almost all of what I hear about Texas is oil, conservatism, failed power systems during winter, anti-abortion-rights, and using immigrants as political theater by sending them to DC/NY. I don't know that the disdain is unexpected given the political leaning of people working in technology.
- sacrosancty 4y ago
  You're probably living in a filter bubble. You'd be hearing only the same kind of things about California if you were in a different bubble.
  - themitigating 4y ago
    Whataboutisn. He didn't claim what he heard was true. He didn't say he doesn't hear things about other states. Nor did he make a judgment about Texas. He only offered a possible explanation to the gp
  - the_jeremy 4y ago
    I get most of my national news from NPR. What news am I missing about Texas? I guess I forgot the Uvalde school shooting police response in my list. I do hear bad things about California - homelessness, drug use, lots of petty theft that doesn't get prosecuted, ridiculously expensive housing, NIMBYs - but that's unrelated.
    - sacrosancty 4y ago
      I'd better not get too involved in this because it's ugly politics nonsense, but it's easy enough to find criticisms of California for its power grid, leftism, pro-abortion-rights (which is obviously seen as a bad thing by many people), and political use of immigrants.
supernovae 4y ago
There wouldn't be disdain for Texas if Texas didn't do stupid things.
- dang 4y ago
  Would you please stop taking HN threads further into flamewar? It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
themitigating 4y ago
Because they are the state that implemented the law while at the same time is actually censoring information. A direct violation of the first amendment. A public library is a public space and the state government is an authority that can impose punishments. The hypocrisy is insane "Texas governor calls books ‘pornography’ in latest effort to remove LGBTQ titles from school libraries" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/us/texas-lgbtq-books-schools/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/us/texas-lgbtq-books-schools/...
hot_gril 4y ago
I've got nothing against Texas except for this weird law.
MandieD 4y ago
I am a Texan, and I think we deserve the disdain in this case - we elected those politicians who want to force the main platforms people use for all sorts of communications to allow themselves to become /pol/.

I mean… it’s the state that implemented this law. So we’re not talking about Montana or something here.

I’m a big fan of simply exiting sovereign markets that are not worth it and would like to see corporations do this more frequently It is very easy for private sector of almost any size to remind sovereigns about overplaying their hand

the_jeremy 4y ago

As a not-Texan, almost all of what I hear about Texas is oil, conservatism, failed power systems during winter, anti-abortion-rights, and using immigrants as political theater by sending them to DC/NY. I don't know that the disdain is unexpected given the political leaning of people working in technology.

sacrosancty 4y ago
You're probably living in a filter bubble. You'd be hearing only the same kind of things about California if you were in a different bubble.
- themitigating 4y ago
  Whataboutisn. He didn't claim what he heard was true. He didn't say he doesn't hear things about other states. Nor did he make a judgment about Texas. He only offered a possible explanation to the gp
- the_jeremy 4y ago
  I get most of my national news from NPR. What news am I missing about Texas? I guess I forgot the Uvalde school shooting police response in my list. I do hear bad things about California - homelessness, drug use, lots of petty theft that doesn't get prosecuted, ridiculously expensive housing, NIMBYs - but that's unrelated.
  - sacrosancty 4y ago
    I'd better not get too involved in this because it's ugly politics nonsense, but it's easy enough to find criticisms of California for its power grid, leftism, pro-abortion-rights (which is obviously seen as a bad thing by many people), and political use of immigrants.

supernovae 4y ago

There wouldn't be disdain for Texas if Texas didn't do stupid things.

dang 4y ago
Would you please stop taking HN threads further into flamewar? It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

themitigating 4y ago

Because they are the state that implemented the law while at the same time is actually censoring information. A direct violation of the first amendment. A public library is a public space and the state government is an authority that can impose punishments. The hypocrisy is insane "Texas governor calls books ‘pornography’ in latest effort to remove LGBTQ titles from school libraries" https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/us/texas-lgbtq-books-schools/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/us/texas-lgbtq-books-schools/...

hot_gril 4y ago

I've got nothing against Texas except for this weird law.

MandieD 4y ago

I am a Texan, and I think we deserve the disdain in this case - we elected those politicians who want to force the main platforms people use for all sorts of communications to allow themselves to become /pol/.