Texans Can Just Shut Up
I read an article in the paper today about how Texas has a language unto itself that is different from the dialects in any other state of the union. That, however, is not the part I have a problem with. My beef comes from a quotation from a guy who said that Texas was the only state that was ever a separate country. Not so, Mr doesn't-check-his-facts-and-probably-still-wets-the-bed. California and Hawaii were both independent countries before they were "acquired" by the United States. In fact, Hawaii has something Texas will never have. It's the only state that has ever been a kingdom. I'm sick and tired of Texans being so irrationally proud of their state that they'll just make up crap about it so it will somehow stand out more. I'm not bashing Texas itself. It's an amazingly vast state with a rich history and a unique culture, but the people who hail from the Lone Star state can really bug me sometimes. Grow up. It's like you're fourth-graders saying, "My dad can beat up your dad." However true that may or may not be, it doesn't change the fact that there are more people who believe we never landed on the moon than there are who care about your ridiculous "state pride."
posted by Vaughan at
7:34 PM
4 Comments:
Andrew, hey now...let's not generalize so much. Ease up a bit on the Texans - I used to be one. And yet, I don't go on tirades about my undying love for the state. Although, I do love that place - well, just San Antonio. The rest of it is kinda crappy.
I didn't say I was sick of Texans PERIOD. I said I was sick of Texans WHO MAKE UP CRAP ABOUT THEIR STATE TO MAKE IT SEEM BETTER. It wasn't a blanket bash on all Texans, just the ones who open their mouths.
Andrew- It's Doog
I appreciate the fact that someone else shares my deep pain of not giving a thumbtack sized care about how great Texas supposedly is. I do spend 8 or so months a year there, and have come to the realization that for the most part Texans have absolutlely nothing to be proud about unless you can be proud of a flat, barren, wasteland which just happens to be home to something like 6 of the top 15 fattest cites in America as well as home to the city with the sweatiest people. Now thats something to be proud of.
Funny, I always thought New Orleans was the sweatiest city in America.
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