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- From: cgraham@convex.com (Chip Graham)
- Subject: Re: Austin, TX joins Colo. Boycott
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.140427.2820@convex.com>
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- Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:04:27 GMT
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- >It's very simple. Dallas is Dallas, and Austin is not.
- >
- Actually its not so simple. You have to understand Texas, which none of us ever
- will! Dallas is Dallas. What does that mean?? To me it means Southern
- Baptists and Pentecostals who love to dictate rules for everyone else. Its
- conservative, snotty, uppity, and stuck on itself. Dallas has a very
- Baptist attitude, in that we are better than anyone else, we dictate to you
- what you will and will not do, and we will do as we please.
-
- Austin on the other hand is a very open-minded, tolerant city. It is very
- heavily influenced by the university, the hippies, the artists and yes
- even the political officials. (They are all trash away from home). It is
- Austin where gays were first recognized as equal citizens, and with no
- fanfare, because to Austin it was a necessary action to grant equality
- to all people. (did that make sense?).
-
- Then there is Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth...each of which have
- their own standings on the gay issue. By the way, Dallas is the only
- major city in Texas to actively persecute gays.
-
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