Re:America’s Future Is Texas
by CalChris on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:26PM
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Do you? Austin is 4th in Texas. It is 11th in the US, as the paragraph makes clear.
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I think you're missing the point. He's saying "lol, it's an Austin writer, not a real Texan".
Re:America’s Future Is Texas
by dtornabene on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:30PM
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This, 100% this. Austin is seen as some kind of burden to borne by the rest of G-d fearing, gun toting Texas. IE, not a real Texan. The writer actually discusses this, at some length, in the piece. "Do you smell that? Its freedom." Abbott, in the piece, on leaving Travis County.