Until those people control the Texas government, I don’t see the relevance.

I grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era, when black people weren’t allowed to vote or even participate in the economy at much beyond the level of slaves. I didn’t get upset when people criticized South Africa, or boycotted it, because the country’s actions certainly justified that.

The entire US is in much the same situation now: in the process of flushing democratic governance down the toilet, elevating open corruption to the standard way of doing business, and flirting with authoritarianism to a degree virtually unimaginable just a few years ago.

In that context, the #notalltexans whine sounds rather muffled from all that sand you’ve stuck your head in.

How is South Africa doing today by comparison, in your opinion?

Would you rather live in Johannesburg or Dallas?