ddeuce22, no I'm not a fascist and wrote that 'highlighted' part mostly with tongue in cheek. Probably was poorly worded and didn't convey my real intent, hence the reason I followed it with "I know that's not likely nor even feasible, and certainly not constitutional." However in all reality, it is totally possible that as the numbers slowly but continually change, much like Virginia has, will/can turn from red to blue. And the change doesn't require the entire state to turn, only a few of the most prominent and largest populated counties. The capital of Texas, Austin, is another prime example. No, it alone is not enough to turn the entire state, but it's a start toward just that. How many other large Texas cities would it take to actually turn the state to blue? Probably just a handful of some like:
- Houston (2,323,660)
- San Antonio (1,581,730)
- Dallas (1,347,120)
- Austin (1,011,790)
- Fort Worth (942,323)
Just the 5 most highly populated (as of 2020) cities (almost 6 million from a total state population of less than 30 million) if turned blue, can be a major impact in a general election.
Unfortunately that's the way it will ultimately end up unless the conservatives wake up. And it's a much larger issue than just liberals moving from one state to another ..... for example, over many years we've blindly allowed our children to be indoctrinated in their schooling in the liberal view point on almost everything while we were too busy to even look into what they were being taught. Up until the quarantine anyway. With so many parents being quarantined and home with the kids, helping with their schooling this past year and a half, no one even suspected much of what kids were being taught. And this holds a position of severe concern in my heart since I spent 32 years of my life in a public school system and watched it change. Not as a teacher, but in and out of class rooms on almost a daily basis for those years and saw it, heard it, thought about it, and even demonstrated my concern over it in school system forums during many of those years.
Due in large part to that indoctrination, we're seeing a pretty close play out of Orwell's 1984 right now. Just look around at the opinions of the kids in secondary schools and college. My god, they firmly believe this country is as evil as evil can be. Many of them can see absolutely no good in this great country. They have no concept of how much this country has provided to other countries around the world in humanitarian, financial, and military aid. How this country has never claimed any land of any country we've ever been to war with .... which by the way is the way countries, and/or tribes did for centuries. 'To the winner go the spoils' kind of thing. The only land this country has ever claimed after any war was just enough to bury the dead who fought in those wars. Man, I could go on and on and tell you stories to make you cringe that my grand daughter (18), and grand sons (1 @ 12 and the other @ 15) have shared with me that they are totally convinced is the way this country is. And sadly, nothing grand pa can say will sway them to reality. They, and most of the younger generations are convinced they know better.
No, not in my lifetime, probably not in yours, but unless changes occur, the entire United States of America will end up a socialist country. Doomed from being the greatest experiment in government ever created, to just another ****-hole country like so many others around the world, and which will eventually fail, because there will be no one left to pay for it. Which BTW the populations from those countries are part of the nearly 2 million illegal migrants who have crossed our southern border in less than a year. If that process is allowed to continue, just how long will it be before the entire country is changed in both culture and mindset? I don't blame those migrants either, after all they're just looking for a better life for them and their families..... strangely enough, much like liberals are moving to more conservative states for a better life.
No, it won't happen by just a few liberals, or any other one group moving to any one particular state from an already ruined state. It's a long, slow process but one that can be seen and predicted. That's all I was trying to do, was predict what I see coming for this great country.
Didn't mean to get up on my soap box here, but it is important to me. I am truly afraid for our great country. Afraid of the direction I see it going both in the short term and in the long term. I took no offense to your reply and I also have a great deal of hope and faith in "humans as individuals", but I've also been on this old dirt ball for a long time and seen many, many good individuals indirectly and even unintentionally help in the down ward slide I see our country currently in. Often by something as simple as saying .... Oh, that'll never happen here.
