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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 02:26 PM Jul 2013

Are you from Florida? [View all]

In some of the discussions it'd be interesting to see how many people would actually be affected a proposed boycott.


10 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
I live in Florida!
2 (20%)
I don't live in Florida!
7 (70%)
I don't know where I live, but it looks like Florida!
0 (0%)
I don't know where I live, but it doesn't look like Florida!
0 (0%)
I refuse to answer on the grounds that this is a bullshit poll!
1 (10%)
I like to vote!
0 (0%)
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Are you from Florida? [View all] el_bryanto Jul 2013 OP
Not any more... Pelican Jul 2013 #1
I suppose i could say I didn't used to be. el_bryanto Jul 2013 #2
the proposed boycott will not effect the 99% olddots Jul 2013 #3
If you boycott Shecky's Pizza doesn't that hurt the people who work at Shecky's Pizza? el_bryanto Jul 2013 #7
I was looking out my window (here in Miami) a few minutes ago.. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #4
You sure you don't have a new pope? ..nt TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #8
LOL Scurrilous Jul 2013 #10
I used to live in Florida BainsBane Jul 2013 #5
Never lived there, but I did stay in a Holliday Inn Express premium Jul 2013 #6
I live in Florida. It's fucked up, but I still love it. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #9
But the trial venue was moved to red, red Simi Valley specifically because they knew Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #14
Which just proves that California can be just as racist as everywhere else. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #15
That proves nothing of the sort. It proves that angry white people rarely convict cops Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #16
States aren't racist. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #19
LOL! Says the guy from Floriduh. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #20
I'm from Florida too by the way. And that's not how you spell Florida el_bryanto Jul 2013 #24
It's not a mistake. n/t ornotna Jul 2013 #32
California has an ugly history of racism, just like almost every other state npk Jul 2013 #21
I know they did, and they still have no shortage of problems, but perhaps you can tell Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #25
I am not trying to compare them. npk Jul 2013 #27
No argument at all. But this started with the claim that the Rodney King trial proved it Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #29
or Abner Louima in blue, blue New York DrDan Jul 2013 #34
I did briefly when I was a kid in the '50s. It was a quick lesson in unvarnished racism. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #11
I grew up in Miami, FL., lived there most of my life, RebelOne Jul 2013 #12
Marietta? I lived there for a few years. It had its issues but was still way better than Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #22
No, I live in Woodstock, just about next door to Marietta. RebelOne Jul 2013 #30
I liked Woodstock better and nearly bought a house in Sandy Springs, but I got the chance Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #35
Yes and DU has been a un welcomed place for me the past couple of days. William769 Jul 2013 #13
Take heart - at least for the moment we make up 32% of DU nt el_bryanto Jul 2013 #18
Don't worry, you're not the only one getting tired of the sanctimonious crap Rstrstx Jul 2013 #36
Well said. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #37
Hell ya I live in floreda we'r usualy pretty easie to spot. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #17
Used to. Ft. Lauderdale. 20 years. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #23
Try "Have you ever lived in Florida?" Warpy Jul 2013 #26
I guess the point is who would be affected by a Boycott el_bryanto Jul 2013 #33
a boycott of Florida is idiotic handmade34 Jul 2013 #28
I live in Florida - have for the past 30 years - but do not expect to be affected by a boycott DrDan Jul 2013 #31
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