I'll never again vaction in FL, how about you?

[southerncrone]

The only way to get the message across to those punks is to hit them in the pocketbook.
My mini boycott may not seem like much, but if others shun them, too, then it becomes a movement.

I won't be going to TX, either.

FWIW, I'm Caucasian.

[leftstreet]

1. Not many people can afford vacations these days

Not far from home anyway

[cigsandcoffee]

2. You'll be missing out on a lot of really good fishing. n/t

[reformist2]

3. Absurd.

[quinnox]

4. never been there, never had any desire to go there either

Texas is another matter, the people are actually really nice there, despite their screwed up politics.

[RebelOne]

7. Been there, lived there most of my life, now live in Georgia and never going back. n/t

[notadmblnd]

5. I'm not entirely sure that anyone is safe going to Fla.

those freaks just got licensed to kill anyone they don't like the looks of. These people are itching to kill, and I really don't think they'll limit themselves to targeting just one group of people for very long.

[Cleita]

6. I wouldn't for other reasons. It's not my favorite state. I had to

connect to airplanes there in the past, which sometimes meant an over night stay in a hotel. I was never impressed with the place, too hot and clammy for my taste. I spent some time in Texas too and have no desire to return.

[niyad]

8. well, I never had any desire to vacation there before. and, as another poster pointed out, many

can no longer afford vacations.

[Jenoch]

9. If there is a significant drop

in tourism because of the Zimmerman case, those hurt first and the worst are those in the service industry.

[southerncrone]

13. Unfortunately, that will be the case in any downturn.

But many in powerful positions there depend on those tourism dollars & taxes.

[Jenoch]

17. Sure it happens in any downturn,

but a boycott because of the Zimmerman case is not any downturn, it would be a manufactured downturn out of spite that would hurt those at the bottom and not so much everyone else.

[L0oniX]

21. Might even hurt the Martins economically.

[darkangel218]

10. I live here and i wont move.

Boycott us all you want, I'm not going anywhere.

[NaturalHigh]

11. Well, I never have before.

I've never even been to Florida.

Texas though - I'm going to the OU-Texas game this fall.

[Horse with no Name]

29. Not being pedantic

but it is TEXAS-OU...

[NaturalHigh]

30. Fighting...Down...Anger.

At least until the next Texas win, it's still OU-Texas!

[City Lights]

12. I went on so many trips there as a kid that I have no desire

to go back. Last trip there was in 1997. Too many other places to see.

[HipChick]

14. Florida is dead to me..

[Llewlladdwr]

15. Planning a trip to Disneyworld for next year.

I live in Texas.

[Hugabear]

34. Please reconsider

Plenty of good vacation spots without having to go to Florida.

And I live here

[doc03]

16. That would only hurt the people that work in the restaurants,

resorts etc. The majority of the right wingers are probably living in the Villages and such.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

18. Never again. Never!

[DevonRex]

19. Not even going to visit family. They can visit us. Without their guns. nt

[L0oniX]

20. I'm sure the Martins will appreciate your boycott.

[lynne]

22. I don't believe in boycotts -

- as the people they impact the most are those already on the bottom who can least afford it and have no power to change whatever it is that people are boycotting about.

[KG]

23. you won't be missed.

[noamnety]

24. I'll still visit family there.

I'm in Michigan with governor/asswipe Snyder, so I'm in the uncomfortable position where my parents can counter with threats to boycott my state.

[PD Turk]

25. I was about to fly down there

I was about to fly down there and interview for a job. I emailed them about an hour ago and told them to remove me from consideration for the job, I won't move my family down there.

[NightWatcher]

26. I'm sure the dozens that boycott won't be missed

The rest of us here will enjoy the fewer vehicles on the road.

[MrSlayer]

27. I will.

My family are Disney freaks. I don't consider the Disney property part of Florida really. The nutty laws don't apply there.

If I have to avoid every place that an injustice was done I couldn't leave my house.

[avebury]

28. I know that there are some good people in Florida, particularly

those that belong to DU.

That aside, since I live in a state that is overrun with red neck idiots, I am not too drawn to vacation anywhere that has just as much problems and/or worse problems then Oklahoma.

Sometimes you just need a break from the crazies.

[Puzzledtraveller]

31. Florida?

I already banished them, now there is only 49 states in my mind. I weep. I moan. I eat salmon, at night. No wait. Florida Evans? "JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

RAGE!!!! I'm so enraged!!!, FLORIDA STOMP!!!!!

[muntrv]

32. My mother and stepfather live in Kissimmee. Otherwise, I'd join the boycott.

[BlueinOhio]

33. Email and call

Tell Disney, Universal, Sea World and the like it is not safe for families. I was going to take my grandchildren there this year, we are going to go somewhere else instead. Just think a person with a bad intention can accost you, kill you or your loved one and say they were afraid for their life and get by with murder. Hitting them in their pocketbook is one of the best ways to have change. When the money dries up then they will change.

[LaydeeBug]

35. I'm heading down at the end of the summer. Locked and Loaded

And I *will* be mindful of suspects.

And armed.

[SheilaT]

36. As it happens, I can't imagine scheduling a vacation in Florida,

but that has nothing to do with recent events there.

I have been there several times in the past, and it was perfectly fine. I was last there perhaps 15 years ago, and it's just never again been on my travel radar.

There are 50 states in our country. At some point I've been to all but five of them, and there are many perfectly fine states I'm not very likely to visit, just because I have no reason to go there.

It's really frustrating when posters here make blanket, negative comments about an entire state because of the actions of a few. For those of you who are currently disinclined to go to Florida, that's fine, don't go. But unless you take out full page ads in local newspapers no one is really going to know. Or miss you.

As others have pointed out, the main people who are hurt are those in the hospitality industry. However, it's entirely up to you where you want to spend your vacation dollars.

[SCUBANOW]

37. Sorry, but I love FL.

Leaving for Disney next week, love the place. Having a family reunion at DW, can't wait. So please stay hone, DW gets very busy this time of year.

[southerncrone]

41. Not interested in DW in the least.

Was there in 1978 & wasn't impressed then. Epcot might be cool, but the rest of that money pit doesn't attract me. The grandmaster of tourist traps IMHO.

[Boom Sound 416]

38. Was stand your ground the law the last time you visited Fl?

[Warpy]

39. With my parents gone, there is no longer any reason for me to go there

and it was never really a vacation when I did.

I hated it long before the judge's piss poor instructions to the jury.

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. My Wife's never been, so yeah. When I retire in two years we're gonna hit all 50.

Okeechobee, The Keys, The Everglades... there are lots of things to see in Florida.

[Bluenorthwest]

42. I have not retruned to Florida as an adult because of the racism I saw there as a kid

and because of the deeply bigoted laws of the state which allow legal discrimination against LGBT people.
When I was a kid we visited Florida and passed through all white towns which had next to them shanty towns where the African Americans all lived. The segregation and the stark difference in quality of the two 'towns' was an image that never left my young mind and when grown I simply had no desire to return to hot, humid, buggy bigoted Florida. Sue me. It's my life, my money and I refuse to go where I am not wanted. Should I be running to give them my custom? Why?

[ileus]

43. We're waiting a few more years to take the kids to Disney...

They'll be 10 and 12 then, we don't want to take them down before they are old enough to really appreciate the experience.

[99Forever]

44. Yes.

Been there more times than I could count, spent a substantial portion of our vacation funds there.

Won't be going back again. Ever.

Texass can secede and rot for all I care.

[stevenleser]

45. The problem with any boycotts from the 99% is that we live in a plutonomy. Our money doesnt matter.

We don't have a large enough share of the wealth to help or hurt anyone. About all we can do is annoy people. The 1% will still go to Florida and they will still spend tons of money there.

[darkangel218]

46. I will vacation in FL every day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year

Cuz I live here!!



You're just jealous.

[dgilmour32863]

47. I'll still go there

I like visiting that state, even though I'm not a fan of its politics.

[uppityperson]

51. I agree.

[Crunchy Frog]

48. Not while they have "licence to kill" laws on the books.

And it's too bad, because I actually would like to take my kids to Disneyworld and to the beaches down there.

[Beacool]

49. Florida is my second home.

I lived in So. FL and still have loved ones there. I fully intend to continue to go. I'm not about to boycott a whole state for the actions of a few.

[Marrah_G]

50. I told my parents years ago that I wouldn't visit them there anymore

They live there in the winter. Between the crazy people, the religious nuttery, the anti-lgbt laws, the racism, etc. I just have no desire to go there. In fact, to be honest, I don't have much interest in traveling outside the north east or north west.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. I'm sorry, this is idiotic.

When were lax gun laws and racial profiling merely a Florida problem?

They're not. They're a nationwide problem, affecting all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

I live in Florida. I was truly sickened by the Zimmerman verdict. I knew Stand Your Ground was going to be a disaster the moment it passed.

Am I still a "punk"?

Mini-boycott all you like, but you are missing out on some terrific places. (And I don't mean that overpriced tourist trap south of Orlando, either.)