Thursday, May 6, 2010

Boycott the boycotters.

Liberal organizations and governments and other entities who fear the backlash of not appearing politically correct enough are lining up to jump on the Arizona boycott bandwagon. Keep a list, and boycott the boycotters. Better yet, plan a trip to Arizona this year and show your support.

The Arizona boycott: Everybody's doing it


Calls to boycott Arizona because of its new immigration law appear to be gaining deep traction and could end up costing the state millions of dollars.

Here are just a few of the confirmed boycotts, as reported by the Service Employees International Union:

• At least six conventions have pulled out of the Phoenix area, according to Fox's Phoenix affiliate. Those include college fraternities, the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

• St. Paul, Minn., Mineapolis and San Francisco city governments are trying to ban city officials from traveling to Arizona on official business.

• The Denver public school system is banning work-related travel to Arizona.

• There have been pickets at Arizona Diamondbacks games and there's a brewing movement to boycott the baseball team. Today we also got an email about a drive to get Major League Baseball to hold its All-Star game outside the state next year.

This is just a snapshot of the boycott movement - there's actually a lot more going on than this. For imormation, check out this NPR article.

Update: 19 groups totaling 15,000 room nights have canceled events in Arizona, according to the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association.

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