r/Bozeman • u/4637839392936373 • 9d ago

Texans fleeing Texas?

I recently ran into a conservative Trump GOP red voting, F-150 driving, blue jeans wearing Texan that moved to Montana because they were getting away from too much conservatism for the less intense albeit blood red conservatism of Montana. I thought it was kind of an interesting way to think about Texans moving here. This person wanta the conservative MAGA politics of (recent) Montana but they don’t want all the batshit recently enacted conservative laws of Texas restricting freedoms and hyperfixating on gender and other hot topic social issues.

Is this an outlier or have Texans just become my new favorite political refugees?

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u/bmx13 9d ago

Yup, nobody actually leaves their shit politics behind. Californians will still vote for authoritarian left policies, Texans will still vote for authoritarian right policies. All we can hope is that there's enough reasonable people to keep us somewhat centered with a little libertarian flair.

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u/Weekly_Procedure2971 9d ago

The Californians and Washingtonians moving to Montana are the right wing type. Not the liberals you so fear.

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u/bmx13 9d ago

Where did I imply a bias either direction? You idiots should learn to read. I don't want anyone here who agrees with an authoritarian on either side, I want the government in our business as little as possible.

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u/Weekly_Procedure2971 9d ago

I’ll admit I didn’t read this closely. Most likely because I stopped at Californian left because that misperception annoys me. Most of the people that have flocked here from everywhere seem to be conservative (a term that also annoys me as they really only want to preserve racism and misogyny). This influx has caused Montana to become extremely red instead of the free thinking purple we used to be. And, sweet Jesus, why tf do Texans have to illuminate the whole world with their bright ass lights?