We want to be alone: The Texas Independence Movement wants America's second largest state to leave t

[atomic_joe2]

At noon on 8 January, the first day of the 2013 legislative session, around 200 Texans stood stubbornly in the rain on the north steps of the capitol building in Austin. Some carried state flags, others placards bearing messages such as “I want off the sinking ship”. To cries of “Remember the Alamo!” and “Liberty or Death!”, Daniel Miller, the

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[primeling]

Lulz. My ole state.

[blackjedii]

Okay

No federal money for you

No more Dallas on TNT either!

No more Texas Steakhouse chains cause that's foreign junk

also any time a Texan goes to another state they're officially illegal immigrants ok

[glamoursnipe]

[ahzuri]

At one point my state (Indiana) was mentioned as wanting to succeed as well and I said I'd move out but my mom was like whyyyyy. I just had to side eye her and go threw a laundry list of shit that would likely happen if they succeeded that I wasn't about to sit around for.

[nikoel]

It's so ridiculously stupid in reality I can't believe anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together would entertain the idea beyond lulz.

[layweed]

If you want off the sinking ship you should move out of Texas, not move Texas out of the United States.

[glamoursnipe]

[tabaqui]

For fuck's sake. World's tiniest violin, guys, playing a tune that goes 'whaaaaa, whaaaaaa, whaaaaaaaaaaa'.