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• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The border moved because Mexico had banned slavery so they fought a war to keep it.

  Texas is the only state in the union to fight a war for slavery TWICE.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And that, kids, is the important thing to remember about The Alamo

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• griff@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Apparently white folk in Texas despise being called Texicans

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• PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In capitalist America.

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• MuskyMelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isn’t Texas properly pronounced as Te-has, a Mexican name?

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  • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tejas is from the native americans, if I remember rightly. Something to do with ‘friend’ or ‘friendship’ I think. Then it gets filtered through the spanish language before coming to english as texas.

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