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Sep. 28th, 2013 12:53 pmThis is a very Texas-specific pet peeve, but…
I am so sick of people in Austin bragging that they’re the only good thing in Texas. Acting like Austin is this fucking liberal nirvana and anyone who is in Texas NEEEEDS to be in Austin if they ever hope to feel safe or happy.
Fuck. Off.
I’m in the Dallas area and spent a good deal of time living in Denton. Denton has been playfully described as a “mini-Austin”, and I see where they’re coming from. Believe it or not this whole area has PLENTY OF LIBERALS. Plenty of awesome people. Atheists, pagans, non-Christians, Christians that are actually pretty cool, etc. We have clubs and big poly support groups and pagan gatherings and parties and everything people never want to believe non-Austin-Texas has.
Austin is not the only ~enlightened~ fucking place in Texas, it is not where “all" Texas liberals live, and the rest of Texas is not some sort of bible-thumping Jesus Camp disguised as a state.
Do those people exist? Sure. But honestly in the DFW area I notice they tend to hang out in the smaller towns outside of the city and IN THE CITY ITSELF things are FINE. You run into the occasional asshole but (and here’s the dirty little secret) THOSE PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE. They are not ALL in the South, they are not ALL in Texas, they are not ALL avoiding Austin. Because assholes ARE IN AUSTIN TOO. There’s not some gatekeeper there saying “sorry, no Republicans allowed, and if you don’t have tattoos and support organic food and local music we discourage you from Austin too”
So please, Austin people, shut up. Your city isn’t perfect. Dallas is pretty awesome too. I’m sure other cities I haven’t even been too are also cool. Other Texas cities are full of amazing people and “scenes” and resources for us heathens, all that sort of thing. You have your own assholes, your own bigots, your racists and sexists and conservative assholes, all that jazz.
And people OUTSIDE of Texas? Shut up entirely. You do not know my state, you do not know the people in it, all you know is “well I hear Austin’s the only good city so I’m going to just say with authority that it’s true” - fuck off.
I am happy in the Dallas area. The weather is harsh, it’s difficult to get around due to poor public transportation, it’s imperfect and people constantly ask why I bother staying when I could “give up” and go somewhere more stereotypically liberal… but you know why I happily stay? THE PEOPLE. THE STEREOTYPICALLY LIBERAL PEOPLE who want to stay so Texas can eventually grow and change.
This has been your Texas-centric rant of the day. Carry on. :P
(note: this rant is about social aspects of the cities, not government or politics which is its own bag of issues entirely)
I am so sick of people in Austin bragging that they’re the only good thing in Texas. Acting like Austin is this fucking liberal nirvana and anyone who is in Texas NEEEEDS to be in Austin if they ever hope to feel safe or happy.
Fuck. Off.
I’m in the Dallas area and spent a good deal of time living in Denton. Denton has been playfully described as a “mini-Austin”, and I see where they’re coming from. Believe it or not this whole area has PLENTY OF LIBERALS. Plenty of awesome people. Atheists, pagans, non-Christians, Christians that are actually pretty cool, etc. We have clubs and big poly support groups and pagan gatherings and parties and everything people never want to believe non-Austin-Texas has.
Austin is not the only ~enlightened~ fucking place in Texas, it is not where “all" Texas liberals live, and the rest of Texas is not some sort of bible-thumping Jesus Camp disguised as a state.
Do those people exist? Sure. But honestly in the DFW area I notice they tend to hang out in the smaller towns outside of the city and IN THE CITY ITSELF things are FINE. You run into the occasional asshole but (and here’s the dirty little secret) THOSE PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE. They are not ALL in the South, they are not ALL in Texas, they are not ALL avoiding Austin. Because assholes ARE IN AUSTIN TOO. There’s not some gatekeeper there saying “sorry, no Republicans allowed, and if you don’t have tattoos and support organic food and local music we discourage you from Austin too”
So please, Austin people, shut up. Your city isn’t perfect. Dallas is pretty awesome too. I’m sure other cities I haven’t even been too are also cool. Other Texas cities are full of amazing people and “scenes” and resources for us heathens, all that sort of thing. You have your own assholes, your own bigots, your racists and sexists and conservative assholes, all that jazz.
And people OUTSIDE of Texas? Shut up entirely. You do not know my state, you do not know the people in it, all you know is “well I hear Austin’s the only good city so I’m going to just say with authority that it’s true” - fuck off.
I am happy in the Dallas area. The weather is harsh, it’s difficult to get around due to poor public transportation, it’s imperfect and people constantly ask why I bother staying when I could “give up” and go somewhere more stereotypically liberal… but you know why I happily stay? THE PEOPLE. THE STEREOTYPICALLY LIBERAL PEOPLE who want to stay so Texas can eventually grow and change.
This has been your Texas-centric rant of the day. Carry on. :P
(note: this rant is about social aspects of the cities, not government or politics which is its own bag of issues entirely)