Oklahoma Stands Tall Against Racism, Weak Against Violence

[doc longhorn]

When I think UT, I think world class university, top notch athletics programs, fun city/location. However, at the same time, I also associate them with planned parenthood/abortion advocacy, anti-military culture, hipsters, and unfriendly people. There are positives and negatives in just about every case. I'm thankful that in most cases I can see past the negative and keep the positives attribute entrenched above the negatives. However, that culture that doesn't value life or those that protect liberty is pretty tough for me to ignore given my background. It is probably more of an indictment on the city than the university, but it is rather tough to keep the association separate. I actually believe someone from Daingerfield can accurately perceive that foundation I am talking about. Small, rural towns always seem to value those simple things more than those from the big cities, and I'll always hold those tenants to be true, whether I live in New York City or Dime Box.

Mike - I've never been much of a fan of blanket condemnation.  It's true that Austin is one of the last Texas strongholds of liberalism.  A culture that I, like you, don't find very admirable.

But I can assure you that Austin has a large contingency of conservatives as well.

It's a given that most college grads matriculate with idealistic and liberal outlooks on life.  Their heads have usually been filled with this pap by tenured professors that are unconcerned about losing their jobs.

They generally stay this way until they realize that their hard earned path to financial success is strewn with the landmines of their liberal colleagues arguing that their success should be shared with those unwilling to put in the hard work and dedication towards that success.

Once they understand that Ayn Rand was right, they become a lot less liberal and a lot more conservative.

Or, they move to Austin, from Cali, so they aren't taxed into oblivion and they can keep some of their paycheck.

So, after my rant, I will try to return to the subject of blanket condemnation again.  I will use aggy as an example - since you have used Austin, the city, as yours.

Do you endorse jizz jars, burying dogs in the stadium, sword wielding ROTC zealots and BS like this?  Is it simply the culture of College Station and are all inhabitants of the same mind think?

You see where I am headed? 

 

[java]

I have been watching another generation of Ags and aspiring Ags, from a seat relatively up close. I see classes filled with 2 percenters, and have a student who made the statement that he/she is going to A&M because he/she has no choice-the student is a legacy. I have no idea what the college of choice is for this student, and the parents have the means to send the child to any but the most expensive institution without financial assistance of any kind. Feel for the kid.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

When I think UT, I think world class university, top notch athletics programs, fun city/location. However, at the same time, I also associate them with planned parenthood/abortion advocacy, anti-military culture, hipsters, and unfriendly people. There are positives and negatives in just about every case. I'm thankful that in most cases I can see past the negative and keep the positives attribute entrenched above the negatives. However, that culture that doesn't value life or those that protect liberty is pretty tough for me to ignore given my background. It is probably more of an indictment on the city than the university, but it is rather tough to keep the association separate. I actually believe someone from Daingerfield can accurately perceive that foundation I am talking about. Small, rural towns always seem to value those simple things more than those from the big cities, and I'll always hold those tenants to be true, whether I live in New York City or Dime Box.

Perhaps this is whats wrong with the world and liberalism in general. There always seems to be a label that has to be put on anything and everything. But reality is quite different when you actually look. Even your positives and negatives are based on this stereotype, which renders the conclusions flawed.

For instance, the city of New Braunfels, Texas is a German heritage town. Right up to the middle of WWII, a completely German language newspaper operated in the town. With so many Germans, one might suspect we'd have a problem being at war with their mother country. Yet, no town in the entire nation sent more of it's sons to war to fight for freedom, per capita, than New Braunfels.

So much for stereotypes and assumptions.

Then you rant on a culture that you don't even bother to identify, which doesn't value life or those that protect liberty. But we'll assume you speak of Austin and just cast a WIDE blanket of stereotype on thousands of people who do not qualify for the insult. I have dozens of customers in Austin and every one of them embrace and cherish life and are staunch supporters of our military. I know because I make it a point to know them.

Lastly, the idea that you pin one's geographic location of more than 30 years ago to one's ability to discern your utter BS is just astounding. Much of my family has lived in Dallas for 100 years. Dallas is not a small town, yet they are just the same as I am in their beliefs and values. Are you more likely to find some who don't share that belief/values? Sure, but but does that mean the whole city is this way?

Evil can be found anywhere, even little Daingerfield, Texas. In 1980, evil visited my church during a Sunday morning service and left with five people dead and 11 others wounded. This evil was carried out by a local man, a chemistry teacher at Daingerfield High. Does this match your stereotype?