Not much I can quibble with here. I would clarify #7 by stipulating that any law which "gives permission" to possess/use marijuana is not acceptable, because permission can be taken away. Granted the highly horticuluralized variants are extremely potent, but in reality it is just a roadside weed, and people will grow it in their backyards next to their corn and tomatoes if just left alone. I think the proper way to handle it is to strike any references to it from the law entirely, except for any existing wording concerning driving while impaired, being wasted in public, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, and stuff like that. Is it a gateway drug? Well, yes, yes it is.......maybe not for everybody......but it is for a significant enough percentage of people who use it that it is a concern. But abuse of alcohol can lead to those things too, and people are - or at least should be - responsible for the consequences of their actions, and their addictions.VMI77 wrote:Maybe I should have chosen a better word. But in the context of delusional....I don't want to go over everyone of the 9 reasons....so I'll start with #4, Texas textbooks distort history. While I'm sure it's true, it's delusional because it implies the textbooks of other states don't distort history. Not only do all public school textbooks distort history (and they have since long before I was in public school), I'd venture to say they teach virtually no history at all....just the current political mythology. The only thing that has changed in that regard since I was in school is the current political mythology, which has drifted leftwards. So, what the writer is really saying is that the distortions don't favor his political ideology.cb1000rider wrote:Which one isn't factual? Yea, lots of them are conservative decisions, but the description is pretty up and up... The title should be "Why Texas is one of the most conservative states of the union".VMI77 wrote:Just more idiot liberal and delusional prog speak...
Next, #5, anti-sodomy laws. Here my liberalism may show because I don't think it's the government's business what consenting adults do in the bedroom. However, to point at this as somehow indicative of the present culture in the state is absurd. In the first place, the USSC ruled the very same laws Constitutional in 1986 and overruled them in 2003. When I grew up in the state sodomy laws were very very rarely prosecuted. The only real impediment to homosexual behavior was a public expression of sexuality. Even then, way back 40 years ago, when I was in school, I knew of several homosexual relationships in my small town and none of them were prosecuted. It wasn't even considered particularly extraordinary, even by my very conservative parents (who employed one half of a known male homosexual couple). It's delusional to pretend like a legal case that was adjudicated over 10 years ago about a law that was virtually never prosecuted in over 50 years says anything about the state today.
#7, marijuana arrests. I'll show my "liberalism" again and state that I favor decriminalization of drugs....and actually legalization. I told the DA that when questioned on a jury panel. However, I suspect the "statistics" cited distort the reality. In any case, marijuana is illegal under the federal government so beloved by progs under The One. Not only that, the Democrat controlled Congress just overrode the DC voter initiative to legalize recreational use, spitting in the face of the 70% of DC voters who voted in favor. And since marijuana is illegal in, what, 46 states?....and DC (again), it's somewhat delusional to pretend Texas is some horrible state because marijuana is illegal.
What it comes down to for me is that I care more about being able to defend my family, myself, and my property, and to remain relatively free in the use of my private property, than I care about what lies are in our history books, what legal battles occurred 11 years ago, and the fact that marijuana is illegal. And I like living in a place were a lot of other people feel the same way. However, I do hope that many many people from other states, especially progs, read articles like this one, believe them, and do everything in their power to stay away.
I'm not even sure I'm in favor of taxing it - or alcohol or cigarettes for that matter - because government needs to learn to do with less. And, as Colorado has recently proven, taxing/controlling it has NOT eliminated organized crime from the equation anymore than taxing/controlling cigarettes in New York has stopped New Jersey mobsters from having a booming business smuggling in untaxed ciggiebutts. Crime will find a way, despite government attempts to control and extort revenue.
But all in all, I pretty much agree with everything you said.