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Texas is one bad election from making it legal to discriminate against LGBT communities and racial minorities. North Carolina is already there.

That's a nonstarter.

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Your comment is ignorant of both the past and future trajectories of the voting populations for both Texas and North Carolina. NC has only become "far right" since 2010. Prior to that it's legislature was controlled by democrats since 1990. Increases in hispanic and latino populations within Texas could turn it blue within the next 20 years.

It is very short sighted thinking to think this won't change.

I know plenty well about Southern politics, having worked as a staffer on multiple Southern campaigns.

As an alternative, Amazon can choose states that don't currently discriminate against potential employees.

Both of those states have positive trajectories (as well as Georgia!) But one bird in the hand is worth... Well, one bird in the bush.

And I live here and it's clear you're extremely ignorant on what the culture is actually like in the Raleigh-Durham region.

Question: do you even recognize that the bathroom law is offensive and discriminatory?

If you don't, we are simply not going to see eye to eye on this.

Of course I do. I consider myself liberal.

An increasing Hispanic and Latino population won't turn Texas blue all by itself. The turnout among that population at the voting booth is really low in Texas. This was also true in California until proposition 187 gave a lot of motivation for people to starting getting in the habit of using their vote. Without a precipitating event of the Texas GOP shooting itself in the foot with an equivalent to proposition 187, its going to take longer than 20 years. Old caucasian people are very reliable voters and as we saw in the recent special election in Alabama, will the vast majority of the them vote GOP no matter what candidate. https://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/latinos-wont-turn-te...

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