Texas Political landscape going into the 2020 elections (Houston, Dallas: incomes, tax)

[HeimlichManure]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

For what? They live in a mostly Mexican town and almost all of their friends are Mexicans. You are a ****ing racist if you think a Mexican can't support Trump unless they are "compensating". Of course, you won't be censored because this is a common liberal viewpoint.

Well, then they're just blissfully unaware and naive of the world outside of their little bubble. They can be True Murican Trump supporters when they're surrounded by other Hispanics, but let them travel outside of their bubble and meet some of Trump's most diehard supporters in places like the South and the Midwest and they'll get told to go back to Mexico lol.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by C24L

Im there with you possibly,EDS_.....I think if Texas goes reliably blue in presidential elections and taxes go way up and we get Californicated i think I may settle in Oklahoma or Arkansas or TN but only time will tell if i will do that.However,I have been evaluating my options for when Texas goes blue.

My wife and I have had a place in Franklin Tennessee for a few years and we have farmland in eastern Tennessee and Illinois that offers a nice geographical fit.

I also really like the area around Grand Lake in OK.

I'm a big fan of Idaho/Montana/Wyoming as well - I love skiing.

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Originally Posted by HeimlichManure

Well, then they're just blissfully unaware and naive of the world outside of their little bubble. They can be True Murican Trump supporters when they're surrounded by other Hispanics, but let them travel outside of their bubble and meet some of Trump's most diehard supporters in places like the South and the Midwest and they'll get told to go back to Mexico lol.

That's silly. I look like a Northern European but am actually significantly Mexican. I don't like Trump he causes so much unnecessary distortion and grief by acting like a baby on TV and twitter. That said Biden to me is worse. Biden is a proved plagerist. Just the other week he said he'd been a professor at Delaware (?) - not true etc.

[HeimlichManure]

Originally Posted by EDS_

That's silly. I look like a Northern European but am actually significantly Mexican. I don't like Trump he causes so much unnecessary distortion and grief by acting like a baby on TV and twitter. That said Biden to me is worse. Biden is a proved plagerist. Just the other week he said he'd been a professor at Delaware (?) - not true etc.

It's not silly at all. I've seen it in real life. Someone close to me was a huge Trump supporting Hispanic... until he had to go work up in rural Indiana and deal with Trump's finest. Then he got his wake up call and changed his tune real quick.

[supfromthesite]

So now he is a Biden supporter? I doubt he ever had very concrete beliefs.

[HeimlichManure]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

So now he is a Biden supporter? I doubt he ever had very concrete beliefs.

Believe it or not, most people care more about themselves and their own experiences than they do about politics. When you're getting told left and right that "Trump is building a wall to kick you be*ners out," that's gonna leave more of an impression on you than how the economy is doing.

[supfromthesite]

If a white person gets told racist things in a minority neighbourhood or city should they start voting for Trump?

[HeimlichManure]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

If a white person gets told racist things in a minority neighbourhood or city should they start voting for Trump?

That depends. Is Biden running a campaign on building a wall to keep out Whites? Is Biden out there calling White people rapists and criminals? And in turn, are Biden's supporters using this rhetoric as an excuse to go out and harass Whites and tell them "Biden's gonna kick you out"? Nice try, buddy, but that's a false equivalence.

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Originally Posted by HeimlichManure

It's not silly at all. I've seen it in real life. Someone close to me was a huge Trump supporting Hispanic... until he had to go work up in rural Indiana and deal with Trump's finest. Then he got his wake up call and changed his tune real quick.

What’s silly is pretending that what you’ve seen/think is a pervasive truth.

[supfromthesite]

1. Not everybody who votes for Trump even supports a wall.
2. Trump didn't say Mexicans are rapists and criminals, as you well know.
3. Minorities say the same thing to white people, go back to Europe. Any white person in Texas has probably heard this before. People have said this long before Trump ever ran for president.
4. Trump is the law and order candidate. People will excuse any racist comments he may make (I don't think he has made any) because they want to bring law and order back. White people will be beaten up just for going to certain neighbourhoods. This happens routinely because people don't fear punishment. As a result, these people will vote for the law and order candidate. This isn't just a white people thing either. This would explain why Trump has non-white supporters who may not even support the wall (although some certainly do).