Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 天前Now that's an interesting questionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down119
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minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up83·8 天前Yeah I point out that Texas used to actually be part of Mexico and the border moved, not the people.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up96·8 天前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.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·8 天前And that, kids, is the important thing to remember about The Alamo
minus-squaregreenfire@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 天前Apparently white folk in Texas despise being called Texicans
minus-squarePopcornPrincess@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·8 天前We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 天前Isn’t Texas properly pronounced as Te-has, a Mexican name?
minus-squareGoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 天前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.
Yeah I point out that Texas used to actually be part of Mexico and the border moved, not the people.
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.
And that, kids, is the important thing to remember about The Alamo
Apparently white folk in Texas despise being called Texicans
We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.
In capitalist America.
Isn’t Texas properly pronounced as Te-has, a Mexican name?
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.