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Buzz Clik

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1. I don't think they hate Texas or Texans, they just don't see anything in the story...

Reply to Wait Wut (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 01:13 PM

Apr 2013

... that they can spin into political gain. Mass is a hard left state, and that tragedy they see as a failure in progressive policy. Texas is a bright red state; the explosion is more a liability than anything else.

At DU, however, we've had plenty to say about West Fertilizer Company, and far too much of it has been wrongheaded condemnation of the state and its people.

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Why do RWNJs hate Texas? [View all] Wait Wut Apr 2013 OP

I don't think they hate Texas or Texans, they just don't see anything in the story... Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #1

"...condemnation of the state and its people." Wait Wut Apr 2013 #3

"Chicagoans really don't hate anyone but the Packers." Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #7

Yeah, but that's seasonal hatred. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #8

Because, to them, it's not news. TwilightZone Apr 2013 #2

Ugh. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #5

Texas is the second Holy Land to Skidmore Apr 2013 #4

I've notice a slow abandonment of their Texas worship. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #6