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submitted 2 years ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

Governor DeSantis's policies targeting the LGBTQ community, restricting academic freedom, and banning diversity programs have negatively impacted Florida's economy. Several organizations have canceled conventions and events in Orlando due to concerns over DeSantis's "anti-woke" agenda, resulting in an estimated $20 million loss in revenue for the state. Despite this, DeSantis's spokesperson dismissed the economic impact as a "media-driven stunt." However, boycotts in the past have caused enough economic pain to lead to policy changes, so organizations avoiding Florida are doing the right thing by not spending money there while these policies remain in place.

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[-] Veraxus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I had planned a WDW vacation before COVID scuttled those plans. Now that it's safe to travel again, I have no plans to visit Florida for any reason whatsoever for the foreseeable future. Still taking the family on that vacation; we're just doing it in California instead.

[-] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

At the end of the day Florida is guaranteed 2 seats in the senate and due to their size it will be a long while before momentum moves to the point where their house numbers are low.

Republicans want this. They want people of opposing political beliefs to leave their state en mass. Lets not forget that up until recent conservative craziness florida was known as being the most infamous swingstate.

I dont blame people for leaving from an area where their kids will be more poorly educated, where local infrastructure is decentralized highway centric HOA built community hell, and where they may be actively persecuted. It's what the republicans want though.

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[-] TheTimeKnife@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Obvious consequence of alienating half the country.

[-] UnfortunateTwist@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Might I add that this month CDC issued a letter that leprosy may be endemic to Florida now.

And back in June there were cases of locally acquired Malaria. FYI, U.S. malaria cases are typically acquired from international travel.

I don't have much hope with respect to Florida's Public Health, with DeSantis appointing the state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo who has cherry picked science research to push an agenda, wholly ignoring what the research actually concluded.

[-] mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I skipped the Agile2023 conference last month because they chose Florida for some reason.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago

And what the hell does woke mean anyway?

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Something about "cultural Marxists" sapping and impurifying our precious bodily fluids

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[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

Their woke agenda and woke books, and woke teachers and woke doctors and woke postmen and woke Santa Claus and woke... FFS stfu you fascist pig

[-] noxy@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago

Yo, listen up, here's the story About a little guy that lives in a woke world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just woke Like him, inside and outside Woke his house with a woke little window And a woke Corvette and everything is woke for him And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (To listen, to listen, to listen)

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[-] Puppy@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

DeSantis will forever be remembered as "that woke guy from Florida" lmao

He kinda attached himself to that word now. At least, that's the only thing I remember form his campaign; "WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE WOKE"

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I think of him as the dumbass fascist who declared war on an adjective. W said a lot of really dumb shit but he at least had the grammatical sense to declare war on a noun.

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