re: #434 txvoodoo

Um, no. Gober is 45 miles away from McKinney. It’s in a rural area, in a different county, and nothing like McKinney.

McKinney’s got McMansions, it’s suburbia on a plate. And a lot of those kids were from McKinney, which isn’t only whitebread land. 25% is non-white.

I’m not defending McKinney - and I don’t need to. Nor (god help me) am I defending that asshat cop. He should be GONE.

But let’s be honest here when we discuss things. Maybe it makes some feel better to say “oh, I get it, it’s hickville, all rednecks.” Nope, the people that live there are more like those in Office Space than Hee Haw.

IMO, that makes it worse. This is suburbia, USA and it’s fucked up.

Who are these “some” who feel better when they say “it’s Hicksville, all rednecks?” I didn’t say that and neither did anyone else here. We can see for ourselves from the video that McKinney is not like the Gober Post Office, whatever significance that has. 45 miles is “right near” by Texas standards. You should know that.
I often post Texas history photos, especially when events in Texas are under discussion.
I live in rural Palo Pinto County, Texas, and it would be hard to prove by me that the locals are any more “rednecks” or “hicks” than the suburban tract-dwellers; a good deal less in many cases in fact.