Sholeh: Who knew? Liberal, conservative brains different
Growing up in the only state that was, however briefly, an independent republic, you can’t escape notions of political separatism. Texas being on the losing side of the Civil War only reinforced an identity of divergence.
I never bought into it. Cultural identity is fine to a point, but it’s just a reflection of outer life experience. Aren’t we all the same inside, making political divisions then and now little more than illusory perspectives?
Maybe not.
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