Extremists Have Turned Texas Into a Hotbed for Hate, report finds

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Texas continues to be a hotbed for extremism and antisemitism, driven by the heavy presence of white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ+ groups that are headquartered or active in the state.

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Texas also led the nation in white supremacist propaganda last year; had the most residents charged in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection; and, in March, saw a neo-Nazi and extreme misogynist gunman kill 8 people at an Allen shopping mall.

Hot Wheels is on a roll.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2023-09-21 09:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hotwheels and DeSanturd who ALLOW this hate to flourish because they are their base is what turned these states in --------- of hatred.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-09-21 10:45 AM | Reply

Texans. Like Florida-man, without the cowardly "Cubans".

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-09-21 03:52 PM | Reply

It's going to really hurt their feelings if Trump loses texas.

#4 | Posted by Tor at 2023-09-21 11:32 PM | Reply

TX and FL, FL and TX...
Cant we just nuke both states and
be done with them all?

joking of course, but a
fat old kid can dream...

It's still allowed right?
Hasn't been banned yet?

#5 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-09-22 02:28 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Therapists say hate is what results from unrelieved fear, and goodness knows, fear is in the lives of many people. Personal fear, and that includes shame, are what cutthroat capitalism is all about, pitting us all against each other.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2023-09-22 06:35 AM | Reply

Forget it, Jake...it's Texasville.

#7 | Posted by Angrydad at 2023-09-22 07:28 AM | Reply

Texas.... Come for the hate, stay for the syphilis.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-09-22 09:24 AM | Reply

Let both of those ---- hole states secede. Pull all federal funding, and military and its assets. Build a wall around both borders of those states to keep the fascistic riff raff out and make them pay for said walls.

#9 | Posted by a_monson at 2023-09-22 11:36 AM | Reply

I'm in favor of letting the entire Gulf Coast secede. I know it caused the Civil War last time. This time I think we can just let it go. ..minus the slavery, of course.

#10 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2023-09-22 11:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This is Texas. Republican Texas just let their AG off after he committed numerous crimes and the evidence was clear. Why? Because he is Republican.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-09-22 12:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#10,

Where is this slavery you speak of?

#12 | Posted by boaz at 2023-09-22 12:42 PM | Reply

When you live in a place like Houston you don't notice any of that ----.

and you secession twits would cut off your nose to spite your face.

#13 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-09-22 01:13 PM | Reply

Hatred flourishes in red rural America. Goes hand in hand with the ignorance.

#14 | Posted by moder8 at 2023-09-22 01:22 PM | Reply

Where is this slavery you speak of?

#12 | POSTED BY BOAZ

I'm speaking of the slavery that has a chance of reviving if the south secedes again. But I'm sure in your walnut sized mind, slavery NEVER existed.

Although, in many ways, slavery does still exist in the US today. It's just more subtle.

#15 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2023-09-22 01:28 PM | Reply

Texas is awesome. My wife is from Texas but I'm from Louisiana - so I get dual citizenship. Texas is much better. Cost of living is great, just got a nice break on the property taxes from Abbott and the state has plenty recreation. And no income tax.

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-09-22 02:13 PM | Reply

"slavery that has a chance of reviving" .. drive past a home depot in TX and you will see cheap labor. IMO cheap immigrant labor is modern slavery.

#17 | Posted by Brennnn at 2023-09-22 02:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Re 16

You really like it there? Easily impressed I guess.

Now imagine how much happier you could be in a state that actually cared about you?

Texas is among the worst states in the country for workers, according to new research from a national nonprofit.

The Lone Star State ranked 48th on the "Best States to Work Index" from Oxfam America, a nonprofit focused on ending poverty.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-09-22 02:36 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

cheap immigrant labor is modern slavery.

#17 | POSTED BY BRENNNN

LaVar Burton theorizes that Republicans continued reluctance to raise the minimum wage goes all the way back to when slavery gave them access to cheap or free labor.

They miss those days. You know ... . Wait for it ... .

When America was Great.

#19 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-09-22 02:41 PM | Reply

"My wife is from Texas but I'm from Louisiana"

Oh ... .now I can see now why you think Texas is so great.

You are comparing it to Louisiana.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2023-09-22 03:03 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

My wife is from Texas but I'm from Louisiana - so I get dual citizenship.

American and?

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-09-22 03:05 PM | Reply

Let's all just be honest for a moment: In terms of humidity, hurricanes and POLITICS, the entire South is the -------- of the country.

#22 | Posted by moder8 at 2023-09-22 03:14 PM | Reply

Lot of whining from people that don't even have chemical industrization. Us economy ends without the gulf coast.

#23 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-09-23 09:40 AM | Reply

Oh ... .now I can see now why you think Texas is so great.
You are comparing it to Louisiana.

#20 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY AT 2023-09-22 03:03 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

When it comes to state and local government, Texas wins every time. I do my hunting and fishing in Louisiana because they win on that every time.

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-09-23 01:45 PM | Reply

American and?

#21 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2023-09-22 03:05 PM

Texan - but definitely not an Iranian anchor baby.

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-09-23 01:46 PM | Reply

Thanks for reminding us all you're an idiot.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-09-23 02:08 PM | Reply