“The house that you live in will never fall down when you pity the stranger that stands at your gate.” - Lightfoot Every time there is a new tortuous political development in Texas I begin to wonder if I am suffering from some kind of Stockholm Syndrome by continuing to live in this state. I used to get angry over unfair funding for public schools and wondered how anyone might argue the government is living up to its constitutional mandate for an equal education, but that controversy seems almost quaint in the context of what has happened to Texas during the Abbott Administration. All the conservatives who have long insisted they want less government are seemingly able to ignore the invasions of privacy and personal rights being conducted by Texas Republicans. I know the majority of this state voted overwhelmingly to reelect a man who has as much human emotion as an Internet chatbot, but I also know what is taking place down here is carcinogenic to actual freedom.
Regarding LBGQT et al, I liked Kinky Friedman's comment, that they should be allowed to be as miserable as the rest of us, or something akin to that. As to the migrants, they want the jobs and securities not available in their countries; it's an act of survival. Mexico is the largest provider of migrants to the US. The worker visa was suspended under trump. It's a very successful program which needs expansion and reinstatement. And get those cops and guards off the border. I'm tired of paying for that and the other fiascos the Texan triumvirate profit from. Auto-da-fé anyone?
I cannot fathom Greg Abbott's obsession with punishing immigrants, other than to note it is shared by the vehement MAGA-verse of Texas Republicans. Like Abbott, the actions of Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton are also performative, driven by polls and talk-radio shows.
Regarding LBGQT et al, I liked Kinky Friedman's comment, that they should be allowed to be as miserable as the rest of us, or something akin to that. As to the migrants, they want the jobs and securities not available in their countries; it's an act of survival. Mexico is the largest provider of migrants to the US. The worker visa was suspended under trump. It's a very successful program which needs expansion and reinstatement. And get those cops and guards off the border. I'm tired of paying for that and the other fiascos the Texan triumvirate profit from. Auto-da-fé anyone?
I cannot fathom Greg Abbott's obsession with punishing immigrants, other than to note it is shared by the vehement MAGA-verse of Texas Republicans. Like Abbott, the actions of Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton are also performative, driven by polls and talk-radio shows.
These doses of reality are welcome. But still hard to spring out of my fetal.