Modacity.net: Texas Simulator

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Originally Posted by rossmum

no, no, please. tell us more


yes, like the whole "socially backwards by nearly a century" thing, that could cause problems

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Pretty sure you and I already had this discussion. But while we're at it let's discuss all the Kangaroos in your back yard.

Oh look, there goes my dumbass country embarrassing itself...again.

Seriously, can we just work with Obama instead of wanting to see the whole country collapse? People need to grow the fuck up.

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Originally Posted by arbiter901

Are you fucking serious? You gotta be really fucking stupid to think that.

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hey remember the part where lynchings in texas were considered family days out well into the 1900s and 1910s, and more recently, the part where the state governor refused to pardon anybody on death row (btw anywhere that has capital punishment is automatically backwards at least half a century automatically, sorry) even after they were proven to be innocent?

tell me more about how i am a giant ignorant dumb foreigner who Just Doesn't Understand please this should be fun

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Originally Posted by rossmum

hey remember the part where lynchings in texas were considered family days out well into the 1900s and 1910s, and more recently, the part where the state governor refused to pardon anybody on death row (btw anywhere that has capital punishment is automatically backwards at least half a century automatically, sorry) even after they were proven to be innocent?

tell me more about how i am a giant ignorant dumb foreigner who Just Doesn't Understand please this should be fun

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It's not that I think you're stupid Rossmum, it's just that you tend to generalize a lot. There are a lot of people who don't fit your descriptions of what you consider a bunch of fucktards yet are linked to said fucktards in some manner. For example, saying that the whole state is backwards a century is really insulting to the populations that are up to modern times. That's like that generalization you had with all conservatives being total backwards fuckwits when in fact half of conservatives are merely economic conservatives and are liberal with domestic policies. Point being Rossmum, as I'm seeing it, he's kind of pissed you keep generalizing his whole state as a bunch of backwards fuckwits when that is not the case.

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Originally Posted by arbiter901

I'm gonna be honest here. You're one of the main reasons why I avoid threads like these. You think you know everything concerning our country when in fact you don't.

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Why, because he can destroy you in any logical argument and you have nothing that you can use to defend your viewpoints lol?

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Originally Posted by arbiter901

All you do is base your knowledge from the media or what he/she said.

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lol

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Originally Posted by arbiter901

Are you fucking serious? You gotta be really fucking stupid to think that.

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Need I remind you that Rick Perry is your governor.

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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003

It's not that I think your stupid Rossmum

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it's you're. you're. as in you are.

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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003

it's just that you tend to generalize a lot. There are a lot of people who don't fit your descriptions of what you consider a bunch of fucktards yet are linked to said fucktards in some manner. For example, saying that the whole state is backwards a century is really insulting to the populations that are up to modern times.

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well if the state is governed by a morally bankrupt murderer who appears to get off on his godlike ability to dictate who lives and who dies (by basically saying fuck it everybody dies) then i think that is a pretty good indication that the state is pretty fucking backwards and at least some majority of its population have no issues at all with that

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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003

That's like that generalization you had with all conservatives being total backwards fuckwits when in fact half of conservatives are merely economic conservatives and are liberal with domestic policies. Point being Rossmum, as I'm seeing it, he's kind of pissed you keep generalizing his whole state as a bunch of backwards fuckwits when that is not the case.

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i don't recall saying 'literally every fucking texan is a backwards hick', and would appreciate it if you, him, or anyone else in here would point out where those words materialised in my post, since i can't seem to find them. i do recall saying the state is backwards, because that is empirically true and if you don't like that you should probably do something about it or move somewhere else or something i guess

i mean if i lived somewhere where the death penalty was not only legal but a genuine thing that got used all the time i would pretty much want to curl up and die of shame, or move somewhere else and try detach myself as far as possible from it or something

edit: here's a tip also: every time someone says "it's not that i think..." it is generally a safe assumption that they think exactly that and are just trying to put it in a way that won't offend as much, or if they genuinely don't mean that then their wording is just really weird and pointless

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Originally Posted by rossmum

it's you're. you're. as in you are.


well if the state is governed by a morally bankrupt murderer who appears to get off on his godlike ability to dictate who lives and who dies (by basically saying fuck it everybody dies) then i think that is a pretty good indication that the state is pretty fucking backwards and at least some majority of its population have no issues at all with that


i don't recall saying 'literally every fucking texan is a backwards hick', and would appreciate it if you, him, or anyone else in here would point out where those words materialised in my post, since i can't seem to find them. i do recall saying the state is backwards, because that is empirically true and if you don't like that you should probably do something about it or move somewhere else or something i guess

i mean if i lived somewhere where the death penalty was not only legal but a genuine thing that got used all the time i would pretty much want to curl up and die of shame, or move somewhere else and try detach myself as far as possible from it or something

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Whoops, let that grammar slip. I knew it didn't look right. My bad.

I was simply saying Rossmum that your posts come off as generalizations a lot, even if they are not. No you did not say specifically every Texan is a backwards fuckwit, but when you say the state of Texas is, then you're insulting them. Now if you said the government of the Texan state or the Texas politicians or even as far as saying Texas has a lot of backwards hicks, then that's all dandy.

As far as implying that Texans were backward:

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hey remember the part where lynchings in texas were considered family days out well into the 1900s and 1910s, and more recently, the part where the state governor refused to pardon anybody on death row (btw anywhere that has capital punishment is automatically backwards at least half a century automatically, sorry) even after they were proven to be innocent?

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Does it say all Texans? No. However, it is WAY over the top for your argument, not to mention you come off so aggressively with this history. All you had to say was the latter portion and then state that you primarily mean the vocal majority alongside the political entities of Texas. Otherwise, you're argument looks insulting to the people who aren't backwards. They still love the state (not the politcal entity per say, but the land/culture within which they live) they are in and have harmless pride because it's their home.

For example, if you said the state of Georgia was a sack of shit with nothing but hicks and rednecks, then I'd be insulted because I'm neither and Georgia is a very pretty state. My pride in Georgia is its diverse geology, crazy weather patterns, and other non-political-sociological factors.

In other words, to me it looks like you are grouping everyone together, when you are not, with half your arguments. Call me a fuckwit for it, but I think I'd be okay with Rossmum posts if they were always more specific. It's just you post so aggressively and kind of angrily that it's difficult to tell if you're actually wanting to gut the hell out of the other person or just blatantly stating information. The implied meaning comes of wrong. Both really lack ediquette regardless.

Generalizations are unavoidable and necessary for discussions. It's obvious that at a certain level of intellect a sentence like "People in the state of Texas are..." does not mean "everyone, no exception". Painting an image black and white is sometimes necessary to get the point across.

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Originally Posted by Patrickssj6

Generalizations are unavoidable and necessary for discussions. It's obvious that at a certain level of intellect a sentence like "People in the state of Texas are..." does not mean "everyone, no exception". Painting an image black and white is sometimes necessary to get the point across.

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I had a post written out for this, but this is not the place to discuss the matter of what posting etiquette is and what Rossmums posts are. This is about a group of Texans writing a petition to the White House for secession.The fact is, it's a form of protest from citizens. In no way is the state government actually thinking about it.

So whether or not you see me cowarding away from the argument, I don't want this thread to derail from this interesting subject of such a big protest. These petitions can be signed and sent to the White House with guidelines found here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/how-why/introduction

A better question for all of you fine folks: who actually read the article?

All I see is a mess of quotation boxes.

Texas and the South suck and we don't want them.

Besides, Canada will probably take in the NW and NE and everyone else can have their crappy Jesus loving country.