Hollywood and New York seem to bent on making Texas look bad (Dallas: school, university)

[orbius]

Originally Posted by hsw

Among highly educated, high income capitalists in NYC or CA, the most common commentary I hear about TX is that it's state with best-run pro-business, anti-tax, anti-union economy and government, esp Dallas and Houston regions

Not surprisingly, many major companies (like Exxon) have moved HQs to Dallas or Houston b/c of TX's economic efficiency...and many wealthy people from NYC/CA are considering TX residency for tax reasons

Though will admit Austin suffers from too much of that wannabe Berkeley/SF/Cambridge commie ethos which many capitalists despise

Would argue segregation is socio-economic even today in SF/LA/NYC; not really different than Dall/Hou; consider socio-economics of wealthiest guys in any of these towns; where they went to college or where they tend to live or dine...or which private schools/colleges to which they send their kids

You know it is possible to state your political opinion without violence against others. The fact that you choose not to do so reveals a lot about your character and your ethos.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by mitchdb

Why is it that if a "Normal" person disagrees with a Liberal, they are wrong? If someone bad mouthes a Texan or anyone from the South, why is that considered "Free Speech"? But if a Texan or Southerner retaliates or speaks up and simply defends themself, they are making Texas/South look bad or their a racist! I don't get it! Maybe I am just a Dumb Texan! It seems that Free Speech is only legal for Liberal Loons!

I think often, if you tone down your inflammatory rhetoric, you'd find most people will actually listen to your point of view. But, when you use words like normal to describe yourself and loon to describe me, you've basically backed me into a corner and engaged me in a fight. And then you describe what you've just said as defense. Check the law. It ain't defense if you throw the first punch. You and OdessanInAustin may be different species, but you're drinking from the same glass of Kool-Aid.

[Former Odessan in Austin]

Looks like a lot of people on this thread will be cheering for Tom Delay on Dancing With the Stars. Another village idiot leaves the confines of the state just to embarrass Texas.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by Former Odessan in Austin

Looks like a lot of people on this thread will be cheering for Tom Delay on Dancing With the Stars. Another village idiot leaves the confines of the state just to embarrass Texas.

Wouldn't you rather him prance around on a second-rate TV show than be in a seat of power in Washington? So what if he makes a fool of himself? He's been doing that for some time, so this won't be any more of an embarassment to Texas than he has already been for many years.

On a side note, what makes you so bitter? You only ever show up to say truly myopic garbage and make broad sweeping generalizations about the people surrounding you. Take a chill pill, Bill.

[love roses]

Originally Posted by Former Odessan in Austin

Texans make themselves look bad everyday in this forum and every other Texas forum. Just look what the good people of Midland had to say about Ted Kennedy's death today in their local newspaper forum.

http://www.myopenforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47093

http://www.myopenforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47098

This does not sound like a very enlightened intelligent community to me. It just sounds like a bunch of hateful people displaying their insecurities and insignificance through hateful remarks made in a gang like attack on a dead man. Way to go Midland, you made Texas proud again.

It only looks that way if you pick and choose the posts there to prove your point. Many of the posters in that forum chose to speak more kindly of the deceased.

[ocean2026]

Bush couldn't get elected dogcatcher in Connecticut- he had to claim Texas

[Former Odessan in Austin]

Who’s bitter, I am laughing out loud at this thread and the responses. I am also staying on topic giving my thoughts to the OP's original question. The OP wanted to know why Hollywood always portrays Texans as stupid. Do you think maybe that is the way they perceive Texans based on the public figures that the state has elected in the past, or maybe after conversing with a few or for that matter maybe even a lot of Texans they walked away with that impression, or maybe after watching the religious community in Texas try to cram their agenda down everyone else’s throats they got that impression. Ya think. I think.
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[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by ocean2026

Bush couldn't get elected dogcatcher in Connecticut- he had to claim Texas

In Texas, we elect our judges and appoint our dogcatchers. In Connecticut, they elect their dogcatchers and appoint their judges! How wacky, backwards and provincial they are!

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by Former Odessan in Austin

Who’s bitter, I am laughing out loud at this thread and the responses. I am also staying on topic giving my thoughts to the OP's original question. The OP wanted to know why Hollywood always portrays Texans as stupid. Do you think maybe that is the way they perceive Texans based on the public figures that the state has elected in the past, or maybe after conversing with a few or for that matter maybe even a lot of Texans they walked away with that impression, or maybe after watching the religious community in Texas try to cram their agenda down everyone else’s throats they got that impression. Ya think. I think.
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Really? Personally I don't think all Texans are portrayed all that horribly, and besides, a buttload of states have elected ridiculous people to prominent positions. I think you are in fact the one who's focusing on the negatives allowing them to obscure your own vision. You seem to think everywhere else in the world but Texas is full of roses and puppydogs, but really you are way off base. Dude, Where's My Car (a movie about absolute morons) was set in California. The Heaven's Gate eunuchs were from California. Senator McCarthy was from Wisconsin. Marion Berry is from DC. James Traficant is from Ohio.

We ain't exactly got a monopoly on stupid or corrupt or dangerously zealous.

And, Waking Life, a movie about Texans set obviously in Texas depicts Texans as rather intelligent people. Same with Reality Bites. Same with a score of others.

[An0nym0us88]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

So giving minorities access to the same public schools as white's was a LIBERAL idea, not a good idea?!?!?!?!?!? I think I feel nauseous.

Did I say it was a bad idea? Pleas

It's true that the Liberals did make that idea. Liberals are the ones who made that idea but they couldn't do it in Northeast while they forced all the South to integrate, talk about some hypocrisy. Making an excuse based on Economic Stratification is not acceptable, Government has more power than that so they'll integrate.

Don't get me wrong, integration was the best idea.