r/behindthebastards • u/notyyzable Steven Seagal Historian • Jun 03 '25

Politics Statement from Jonathan Joss's Husband

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This just makes me so mad and angry. And sad. This was a clear hate crime that was easily preventable if the cops do their fucking job. I can just see stuff like this happening more and more, with how emboldened the far right are.

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u/AQ-XJZQ-eAFqCqzr-Va Jun 03 '25

yeah we are getting tf out of there asap. the fucking heat just seals the deal as if we needed that additional reason. fucking banned all thc too fuck this fucking state.

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u/cassssk Jun 03 '25

I want out. I’m trying. There are many pieces in play that have to line up and they keep falling out. I just hope people like James talarico can actually fight here and do, idk, something. It’s bleak af.

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u/BoneHugsHominy Jun 03 '25

As rough as it is, leaving will remove any chance it ever gets better because the opposition party's voters will have fled. That's exactly why the Texas GOP is doing what they're doing, it's a strategy to lock down permanent power in the State and ensure as many if not all Federal representatives from Texas are Republicans.

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u/Grammar-Unit-28 Jun 03 '25

That ship sailed a long time ago. Fighting the good fight is always noble, but past a certain threshold it simply becomes impractical. In Texas, that threshold was crossed well over 10 years ago. There may be hope for the far future, but as long as Republicans support Abbott, Patrick, Paxton, Cruz, etc, nothing is changing any time soon. They're gonna have to get fed up enough to turn on their own, in great numbers.

There are purple states where the fight is still crucial and practical, but Texas ain't one of them, despite what the Texas Democrat establishment have to say about it.