Why I Hate Texas - An Insider's Guide to Everything Wrong with the Lone Star State

"Finally, everything you hate about Texas in a single book!" You used to have to leave the state to hear outsiders say nasty things about Texas. Now you don't even have to leave the house. The internet brings the hate to you. In real time and in living color, we Texans get to hear how backwards and dumb we are. Why? Because God, guns, oil & gas, Friday night football, tradition, cowboy culture...things as immutable as humidity and as sacred as the Alamo defenders...you name it, it's a point of contention with some bonehead somewhere. And he's there to tell you all about it on social media. He doesn't just dislike those things; he despises you for holding them dear. I have friends and relatives who are "that guy." I know you do, too. For years I've made notes for a book about why I love this place, as sort of a counterargument to those folks, but I have yet to write the thing. But there's more than one way to skin a cat, right? So I crossed my eyes and looked at it another way