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dclarston13

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8. It comes from the Cowboys in movies

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 11:46 AM

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As a Texam for 30+ years but born in raised in Brooklyn here's how I see it. Texans were/are particularly brainwashed by the cowboy tough guy mentality. Because so many westerns use Texas as their location. In the movies, cowboys eat steak not vegetables, Cowboys kill their enemies. Cowboys save poor defenseless women. I live in a predominately Hispanic area and I would that hispanic men also have similar traits. Texans historically fell for carpet baggers quite a bit. And what do have running the country now? A modern carpet bagger.

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