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Damn straight! (Original Post) MoonRiver Mar 2021 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Mar 2021 #1
Love the signature Roy Rolling Mar 2021 #19
Make them pay malaise Mar 2021 #21
PAY. PAINFULLY. calimary Mar 2021 #22
+1,000 malaise Mar 2021 #27
I'd like to see all pro teams refuse to play in Georgia. Maybe the players will force that. I'd hate brewens Mar 2021 #2
It would hurt us,but it's worth it. Money is the only thing that will pressure them. Jay25 Mar 2021 #4
Keith O. recommended as much RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #11
Yes. BradBo Mar 2021 #3
Cracker Kemp should have anticipated this kind of blowback Submariner Mar 2021 #5
Yes, yes, and me too. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #6
Moving the all star game isn't enough, gab13by13 Mar 2021 #7
That would crush the racists, wouldn't it? RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #13
2 of the fan favorites, gab13by13 Mar 2021 #15
"I want voting to be easier than shooting people" PatSeg Mar 2021 #8
I support all those moves...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #9
I want serious damage to the GA economy until this is reversed, TNNurse Mar 2021 #10
I agree with you 100% Kemp is so stupid, he never considered how his actions could impact GA Cozmo Mar 2021 #23
Not just tourism TNNurse Mar 2021 #24
Movie companies stay at hotels, go to restaurants, etc. That's tourism dollars Cozmo Mar 2021 #30
Kemp knows he didn't win fair and square the last time so if he doesn't cheat this time he's out on uponit7771 Mar 2021 #33
He never would have been elected (smirk) but for being GA.'s Secretary of State Cozmo Mar 2021 #34
didn't the film industry threaten this when GA passed the heartbeat bill? n/t RamblingRose Mar 2021 #12
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Thunderbeast Mar 2021 #16
Not sure what you mean by a made for tv event. elevator Mar 2021 #31
Georgia needs to fill the pain Handler Mar 2021 #17
The more big-scale entertainment $ Georgia loses, the better. (nt) Paladin Mar 2021 #18
Hell yeah, I support this/these! BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #20
K&R Blue Owl Mar 2021 #25
Good on those Fighting Cha Mar 2021 #26
I love GA. But as long as this shit is happening, take revenues elsewhere. Fascist bastards. Evolve Dammit Mar 2021 #28
Boycott Coca-Cola Kittycatkat Mar 2021 #29
Don't forget Delta and Home Depot Cozmo Mar 2021 #35
We're pushing that in our Indivisible group's asks. calimary Mar 2021 #36
'm dying to jump on the bandwagon Cozmo Mar 2021 #37
K&R, uponit7771 Mar 2021 #32

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
19. Love the signature
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 11:13 AM
Mar 2021

I’ve done over 200 films and TV shows, many in Georgia. We are a major economic engine and loud voice in Atlanta, and all over the state.

Citizens won’t like politicians fuc*king that up. It’s said “politics is show business for ugly people”. Now let politicians come up against real show business people.

We are a circus, but it’s our circus. Kemp vs. Tyler Perry? Who you think is gonna get more attention? Attention is our business, and we’re the best in the world at it.

On edit: Sports teams are powerful because of one thing: television.

brewens

(13,397 posts)
2. I'd like to see all pro teams refuse to play in Georgia. Maybe the players will force that. I'd hate
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:16 AM
Mar 2021

to see people on our side take the hit on that, but they would understand.

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
11. Keith O. recommended as much
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 09:35 AM
Mar 2021

Not just the MLB All-Star game, but the Jackie Robinson Day celebrations and other key games during the season. Personally, I’d like to see the MLB and the NFL pull all support and all scheduled games out of the state.

Can’t have 21st century sports played in a 19th century state.

BradBo

(516 posts)
3. Yes.
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:19 AM
Mar 2021

Baseball is my favorite sport most the time. I hope people realize that pro athletes are some very smart folks. And that includes the women. Where I work the people that played high level sports in college alway excel.

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
5. Cracker Kemp should have anticipated this kind of blowback
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 08:58 AM
Mar 2021

Now he is just showing everybody he is the racist low life everybody thought he was all along. Hopefully this helps Ms Abrams clean his clock in 2022.

gab13by13

(20,865 posts)
7. Moving the all star game isn't enough,
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 09:05 AM
Mar 2021

boycott the Masters. Get a few big name golfers to withdraw from the Masters. I know, like that is going to happen.

I'm also guessing that the owners of most baseball teams are right wingers.

More needs to be done so that a message is sent to other states.

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
13. That would crush the racists, wouldn't it?
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 09:40 AM
Mar 2021

The Masters -- oddly descriptive name in a resurrected slave state, isn’t it? The Masters is the pride of Georgia. Take it away!

gab13by13

(20,865 posts)
15. 2 of the fan favorites,
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:09 AM
Mar 2021

Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods have both played golf with Trump. I remember years back when Phil threatened to move out of California because he couldn't afford the taxes.

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
23. I agree with you 100% Kemp is so stupid, he never considered how his actions could impact GA
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 02:36 PM
Mar 2021

In it's pocketbook. Tourism accounts for 46 % of GA's tax revenue. The film industry brings in 2.2 billion. Yeah Kemp, show em how to run your state into the ground while disenfranchising your black voters. You are quite the Governor.

TNNurse

(6,911 posts)
24. Not just tourism
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 03:22 PM
Mar 2021

Coca-Cola, Tyler Perry, all those movie companies , AT&T there are lots of them.

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
30. Movie companies stay at hotels, go to restaurants, etc. That's tourism dollars
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 12:46 AM
Mar 2021

Meeting, conventions, special sporting events and the rank and file tour groups are what as referred to as the big business of tourism. Tourism dollars are the top revenue producers in many major cities in this country. I'm glad to see that this industry is paying attention. Citizens can also do their share and boycott the goods and services of Coca-Cola and Home Depot, etc. If we don't then we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves. WE can make this happen. Can't wait for our government to do this it will take too long.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
33. Kemp knows he didn't win fair and square the last time so if he doesn't cheat this time he's out on
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:56 AM
Mar 2021

... his ass where he needs to be.

The feds should be investigating the 2016 GA elections

Kemp purged 33k people then beat the run off number by 1000 ... 33k to 34k

Yeah right, if that aint some overly apparent bullshit I don't know what is.

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
34. He never would have been elected (smirk) but for being GA.'s Secretary of State
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:32 PM
Mar 2021

Stacey won that election and he knows it, that's why he disenfranchising voters.

Response to MoonRiver (Original post)

 

elevator

(415 posts)
31. Not sure what you mean by a made for tv event.
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 12:51 AM
Mar 2021

The masters has been around since the 1930s way before tv got into golf.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
20. Hell yeah, I support this/these!
Sat Mar 27, 2021, 12:25 PM
Mar 2021

I know that it's like an embargo on a country, and there is LOTS of collateral damage, mostly to innocent people. But what else is there? Georgia needs to have the heat turned up until the Klan responds.

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
35. Don't forget Delta and Home Depot
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 08:35 PM
Mar 2021

We gotta do it! No personal sacrifice it too great for us to win the fight.

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