Tolerant Austin, TX will not tolerate being made fun of

American Thinker ^ | January 24, 2016 | Thomas Lifson

[bert]

we went to a shop in austin selling czech pastries and doughnuts made by a hispanic baker and owned by a Thai person with a Thai shrine over in the corener

[Terry L Smith]

According to the radio guys (Walton and Johnson), Austin is:
The Texas NYC;
The Texas San Francisco;
The Texas Portland Oregon;

or any of the other blatant Liberal/Communist towns in America.

[TXSearcher]

Sad to say, but our state capitol, the Peoples Republic of Austin... is so tied up in their liberal belief of total diversity & tolerance that they will shoot on sight anyone who has the slightest objection to all they march in lock step to--

In return, Austin joined Houston on my "do not enter unless it's an emergency" list about 15 years ago. Had some hurt feelings with family members who had to meet us elsewhere if they wanted to get together, but they've gotten over it.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

That's even funnier than the Austin one.

So many band names could be culled from this map.

Did Cruz happen to live anywhere near 'Nickelback Fans'?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I visited Houston once.

That was enough.

[catfish1957]

Back in the mid 70's to early 80's I used to enjoy 6th Street for the music and a good cold beer.

I returned in late '90's to show my teenage kids the experience, and was shocked and aghast at what happened to the place

I can just imagine what it is like now 15 years later.

[TXSearcher]

I visited Houston once.

That was enough.

Yeah, I haven't been there in 20+ years. Family living there couldn't understand why I refused to spend money or "time" in a town where a majority of people acted like they would rather shoot you than look at you.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The hotel I stayed at had the most delicious roast beef hash for breakfast, but that was undermined by the lady running into the lobby screaming that someone had just stolen her rental car.

I had a chance to look out over Houston from our offices high up in some skyscraper. It looked just like Los Angeles, without the mountains, deserts, or Pacific Ocean. Basically a traffic jam and smog alert in the middle of nowhere.

[JJ_Folderol]

Shady Oaks is my fallback but Eagle Peak is my preference since they’ve got both handgun and rifle ranges.

[JJ_Folderol]

Shady Oaks is my fallback but Eagle Peak is my preference since they’ve got both handgun and rifle ranges.

[Ditter]

An apartment complex on Memorial Dr in Houston had that banner. “If you lived here you’d be home now”. It always made me smile.

[Ditter]

Whole Foods has a sign that says “10-ish items” I like that, unless someone has 20-ish items!

[Impy]

I think “Ellen” would make a fantastic coat rack.

[lefty-lie-spy]

That looks like Slim Pickens in the final scenes from The Getaway that I watched on Youtube just last weekend. Great flick.

[kennedy]

Dallas isn't much different.

Most large cities are not.

I have long said that the political divide in this country is not North v. South or Rich v. Poor, it is Urban v. Rural.

If you choose to live in a large city you want and need for your government to provide most of the necessities of life - water, sewer, police protection, transportation, etc.

If you choose to live in a rural area, you neither want nor need for your government to provide any of those services. You have a well for water, septic for sewer, guns for protection and drive your own vehicle wherever you need to go.

The different attitudes about guns is just an example. If you live in an apartment in NYC and you hear someone breaking in your door in the middle of the night you (1) hide in a back room, (2) call 911, (3) scream, and (4) hope that the police arrive in time. You don't have a gun, don't want a gun, and sure don't want your neighbor to have a gun since if he fires at an intruder it is just as likely to pass through your wall and hit you.

If you live in rural America and you hear someone breaking in your door in the middle of the night you get one of your guns and shoot him. You then (1) call your nearest neighbor to let them know what happened, to be on the lookout for any accomplices and to put out the word to your other neighbors, (2) call the Sheriff to notify him of the shooting, (3) put on a pot of coffee, and (4) sit out on the porch for an hour or so until a Sheriff's deputy arrives with the Justice of the Peace to confirm that the intruder is dead, take your statement over a cup of coffee, and make arrangements for the local funeral home to come and pick up the corpse the next day.