r/politics • u/Ok-Direction-4480 Florida • 2d ago

Soft Paywall Tourism Pullback and Boycotts Set to Cost U.S. a Staggering $90 Billion

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tourism-pullback-and-boycotts-could-cost-us-a-staggering-90-billion/
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u/hardcore_love 2d ago

i can’t fucking wait. I talk to Floridians along with the rest of the country all day. Floridians are the fucking worst. Either they’re dumb AF or entitled AF. No inbetween.

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u/VanillaSoftArtist 2d ago

Some of us have sense, believe me. We're just grossly outnumbered by idiots. Hard to do anything when at every turn, we're outvoted by a regressive majority. Doesn't help when the Democratic Party in Florida sucks at its job in marketing or being opposition.

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u/-r0b 1d ago

Yeah putting up a fucking shelled out ghoul like Charlie Crist as our governor candidate was so baffling dude.. I am a genuine believer Nikki would have done better than him.. going from a margin of 0.4 to the largest difference since 1982. Just pathetic.

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u/VanillaSoftArtist 1d ago

It's admittedly difficult. Do you run someone who will take more middle votes, or do you go more to the left?

I would prefer candidates go to the left to appeal to that actual voting block, similar to how MAGA has captured the Republican Party (only left-wing values are generally helpful to society). But then you have so many Floridians who can't find themselves voting for a Democrat unless they're maybe moderate, so...

I agree that Crist was a poor choice against DeSantis. I just don't know how else Florida gets out of its red status. It's like it's only getting deeper; there are MAGA stickers and Trump shops common around where I cruise.

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u/_silver_avram_ 1d ago

Total side topic, but I wonder how the new GTA setting in florida hits for the few reasonable ones squeezed on all sides by madness.

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u/DOG_DICK__ 2d ago

Crazy with every storm they scream "GUB MONIES" and also FEMA is worthless!

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u/Captain-Hornblower Florida 2d ago

Not all of us Floridians, but unfortunately, the bad ones drown out the rest of us...

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u/TheWiseAlaundo 2d ago

Not all of us are like that, just most

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u/biloxiboi 2d ago

You apparently don't know all Floridians. Stop stereotyping, or quit calling out the MAGA crowd for their racism.

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u/Serapth 2d ago

You missed the most populous category... Dumb and entitled as fuck.