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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 04:11 PM Apr 2021

I sent the Florida Chamber of Congress an email last evening explaining that as long as [View all]

DeSantis was their governor, we would not be spending any of our time or money in their state. I told them I could not justify taking any of my family to a state where there were people who claimed the legal right to gun them down if they scared someone or run them down in the street if they were thought to be protesters.

I closed by telling them that California and Hawaii also have beaches and they are still civil democracies, not third-world autocracies.

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Well done. efhmc Apr 2021 #1
K&R and good for you. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2021 #2
I did mention that, judging from the way the DeSantis handled covid vaccinations, we could not be Atticus Apr 2021 #4
Well, if this is any consolation... luvtheGWN Apr 2021 #17
Kudos!!! Talitha Apr 2021 #3
Honestly, I don't really think they will GAF. lpbk2713 Apr 2021 #5
So, we should just keep our mouths shut? I had no illusions that my one email would Atticus Apr 2021 #6
Ya did good. Kudos! Cozmo Apr 2021 #22
Thank you - You set the example for the rest of us. Tiger8 Apr 2021 #29
Florida survives on tourist dollars radical noodle Apr 2021 #7
Florida is a very large state. Many people working in many different industries... mac2766 Apr 2021 #13
Be that as it may.. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #16
+1 spooky3 Apr 2021 #18
Oh goodness. mac2766 Apr 2021 #21
I think you may have misunderstood me radical noodle Apr 2021 #27
Sorry... mac2766 Apr 2021 #37
Bigotry??? MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #30
There ya go again! You actually read the entire OP, used common sense and then typed Atticus Apr 2021 #33
again? mac2766 Apr 2021 #38
The OP is referring to me, not you. MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #40
Not a beloved Florida.. Just saying that... mac2766 Apr 2021 #36
Again, where EXACTLY does the OP attack Flordians? MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #39
This will be the very first reference to President Obama mac2766 Apr 2021 #41
You're the one calling folks "bigots"! You're CLEARLY the angry one here! MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #42
And I just realized you're calling several of us "hypocrites" too, in addition to "bigots" MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #43
I am, and no. mac2766 Apr 2021 #44
Somehow, I don't think you're going to last too long on DU MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #46
Write to Disney they really run Florida Oppaloopa Apr 2021 #32
Contact VISIT Florida csziggy Apr 2021 #8
Thank you, you get it! Cozmo Apr 2021 #23
I always send hand written or typed correspondence.... SergeStorms Apr 2021 #9
jolly good show . most eggscllent. AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #10
North Carolina has a blue gov. Are you aware of that? Treefrog Apr 2021 #14
Now THAT is IT! ancianita Apr 2021 #11
The CoC is who you tell that you wont be opening any new offices of your business in FL ZonkerHarris Apr 2021 #12
Also when the cruise industry re opens I will not leave on any cruise out of florida kimbutgar Apr 2021 #15
GOOD. Hit 'em where it'll hurt them the most: calimary Apr 2021 #19
And guess what... N.J also got some of the best beaches in the country.... 3Hotdogs Apr 2021 #20
Hmmm. I admire what you did. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #24
Nice one!!! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #25
Hey that's a great idea JPPaverage Apr 2021 #26
Most excellent. I will do the same. They don't know that I had no intention of ever going there. niyad Apr 2021 #28
This could be the beginning of a mass movement - to write to the shit states' politicians. Rabrrrrrr Apr 2021 #31
Disney World should probably get a message like this pandr32 Apr 2021 #34
We went to Virginia Beach Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #35
I think you mean, "The Florida Chamber of Commerce." twin_ghost Apr 2021 #45
Jeez! I sure did! Thanks for the correction. Spellcheck strikes again! nt Atticus Apr 2021 #47
Woman in grocery market today... jumptheshadow Apr 2021 #48
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