I don't think there's anything wrong with the general population of Texas and the metropolitan areas do have a very strong counter culture to the politics of the overall state. That said you're acting completely oblivious the reverse and I always play devil's advocate when someone is arguing on either extreme. Yes there are bigots everywhere, yes there are some very progressive places in Texas, but to act like the overarching politics of the state as a whole do not have conservative undertones is quite naive, blind sided, and very silly.
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Conformity and rebellion...both ways are simple-minded--they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.