Oh, I certainly agree! My concern is that "Texan" has been watered down too much be people that DO sell their house in San Jose, CA, fly to Austin, buy a t-shirt at the airport, start a PAC for non-smoking bars, call themselves Texans and THEN buy three old houses, tear them down and build one ugly mcmansion.
"Texas" has been invaded and debased by foreigners FROM CALIFORNIA...and to a lesser extent, New York.
The difference is, that Californians moved away from a place they had screwed up, and immediately began trying to screw Texas up the same way.
Yankees (yanquis?) are less problematic, in that they don't seem bent on turning Texas into Jersey or Taxachussets, and gladly trade Texas August for New England February.
The reason I like Texicans and Mexicans is that, if anything, their attitudes are most closely related to the "Old Texas" that I remember growing up. Once you've poured concrete in August with a group of Mexicans, you can call yourself a Texican, I think.
I don't mind them moving in (legally) and offsetting the lazy socialists. Texicans don't care who you are, they'll work with you in any weather, treat you well if they're your boss, and toss a cold one back with you at the end of the day. T-shirt 'texans' tip poorly, hire someone else to do their yard work, are afraid of their neighbors, will turn you in to CPS if you spank your kid at the grocery store, and sue you if you smoke.
I wish they hadn't hijacked the term "Texan".
My next door neighbors, he was born and raised in London, she in southern France. They lived all over the world and several places in the US before moving to Texas. They are now American citizens but said they would never have done that if they had not wanted to be Texans. They are GREAT Texans, very conservative.
Well, I've dug ditches with El Salvadorians in August. Does that count?
I'm not giving it up. I'm a native Texan. Call them something else. Transplant Texan, hybrid Texan, winter Texan, etc.