You know what’s hyper fucked?
Back when I was a baby republican (read: a parentally brainwashed child) and just learning about gerrymandering in school, my reaction was basically “well that’s shitty, but at least it’s the people I like doing it”.
I’m pretty sure that’s very common thinking amongst hardened republicans. I don’t even know how you convince someone to not be like that either, I just changed when I was out from under my parents boot and finally allowed to learn about the political effects of racism.
Tldr; common think pattern leads me to believe Texas is fucked until reepublicans lose their power there.
Funnily enough, a dentist did tell me something like this once, but for soda.
Apparently it’s better to chug it than sip it because the acid in the soda doesn’t touch your teeth for as long.