Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down11
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·11 months agoI’m guessing they are probably from Texas and have never been anywhere else
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoThe worst part is, they do go to other places. Then they compare them with Texas and talk about how much worse they are.
minus-squarekrotti@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoYup, not an American, but it seems to be quite the consensus that Texas has their way of living much better than anywhere else.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months ago“This Trevi Fountain is purty, but we got better fountains in Texas!”
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoNationalism on a state level
I’m guessing they are probably from Texas and have never been anywhere else
The worst part is, they do go to other places. Then they compare them with Texas and talk about how much worse they are.
Yup, not an American, but it seems to be quite the consensus that Texas has their way of living much better than anywhere else.
“This Trevi Fountain is purty, but we got better fountains in Texas!”
Nationalism on a state level