"The people" in Oklahoma do not think, vote or act with one unilateral brain.

Just f#$^ing stop with the generalizations. STATES are neither racist nor civilized, liberal nor conservative. People are. No one is arguing that states like Oklahoma, Texas or Alabama are really liberal hot spots and that the election results are a complete anomoly. Yes, we've got more right-wing nutjobs to contend with than many other states, but that's no reason to consider entire states and populations lost causes.

You say "they intend to crush you" at the end of your post. Who is "they"? Every man, woman and child in Texas? Obviously not, since you are a voice of sanity among the nutjobs there. Are you the sole voice, or are there others like you?

Just target the enemy accurately. Painting with a broad brush is sloppy and simplistic. And we don't need any sloppiness or simplistic thinking if we are going to wrest power away from this malicious and manipulative group of facists.