No no, trust me, if you speak to a random Texan on the street, a huge number do actually believe this. It’s a part of the great Texas Exceptionalism myth. It’s dumb as hell, but it’s true. Most of my family who still lives there believes it 150%
I love when they talk about how they “were an independent country before they became a state” like that makes them so superior. I always like to remind those people that they were independent because the US didn’t want them… Their first official act as a nation was to setup an embassy in DC and beg to become a state every day until it actually happened.
No no, trust me, if you speak to a random Texan on the street, a huge number do actually believe this. It’s a part of the great Texas Exceptionalism myth. It’s dumb as hell, but it’s true. Most of my family who still lives there believes it 150%
They wear it like a badge of (misguided) honor.
I love when they talk about how they “were an independent country before they became a state” like that makes them so superior. I always like to remind those people that they were independent because the US didn’t want them… Their first official act as a nation was to setup an embassy in DC and beg to become a state every day until it actually happened.
I feel like it’s one of those things where they’ll talk it up, but the moment you call their bluff, they’ll suddenly get cold feet.