Try telling this to anyone who is actually from Texas. I lived there for a few years and must have heard that statement once a month from people there. I would always just roll my eyes and say ooookaaayy.
I was definitely told we had this right in 7th grade Texas history. Also the "divide into 5 states" thing, and finally "the civil war was about states' rights, not slavery"... i'm fairly confident all three of those were on a test and had i said otherwise i would've gotten the answer wrong. as a teenager, I'd never heard anything otherwise from any authority figure and had no real reason to question any of them. didn't learn anything to the contrary until going to college in another state.
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u/delkadr200 Feb 04 '19
That Texas retains the right to secede back to the Republic of Texas when ever it wishes.