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Hekate

(99,048 posts)
19. MAGA America really is a tribe of idiots...
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:20 PM
Aug 13

…MAGA America really is a tribe of idiots.

I’ve spent my whole life in two places that are tourist magnets (Hawai’i and Santa Barbara) . Past college I never worked in the tourist industry, but my first husband worked at the Ilikai Hotel throughout our marriage, was in the union, paid into a pension, got great medical care with Kaiser for me and the 2 babies — and knew that February’s customers were Canadian.

Why would anybody in their right mind come back to a place where they were “detained” by ICE, looked down on by the locals, and just by turning on the TV could see the national government was turning fascist and literally trying to wall off the rest of the world?

Never lived in Florida, but visited an old friend there a couple of times. We’re grandmas now, but met at the University of Hawai’i , having both grown up there.

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My sister-in-law lives in the largest gated manufactured community in Florida Historic NY Aug 13 #1
It makes more sense to buy a place in mexico, or central america. Hornedfrog2000 Aug 13 #17
What about cruise ships ChicagoTeamster Aug 13 #2
Why not snowybirdie Aug 13 #5
Most US cruise ships are flagged in the bahamas alittlelark Aug 13 #6
Don't those "mean and nasty" Canadians know they're supposed to grovel at Donny's feet? tanyev Aug 13 #3
Ugh. I hate AI narration. progressoid Aug 13 #4
Me too. It makes video's almost impossible to watch. Enter stage left Aug 13 #7
Lots of vague information Envirogal Aug 13 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author markodochartaigh Aug 13 #15
I watched it at 1.75 speed. It mostly says the same thing four or five times in different ways by time you finish. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 13 #8
The story is important but that video was jus A.I.produced garbage. Botany Aug 13 #11
That was a picture of Vancouver, a populous Canadian city that some of the snowbirds come from, so it's appropriate Bernardo de La Paz Aug 13 #12
Thanx Botany Aug 13 #13
I'm from Vancouver. Its true the some may come from there. LiberalLovinLug Aug 13 #23
I don't watch any videos here. dem4decades Aug 13 #26
Took me almost to the end to realize that's what the choppy delivery was. But if all this is true,... Hekate Aug 13 #16
I live 20 miles south of the Candian border mgardener Aug 13 #9
I am hoping that it continues this coming fall and winter when the snowbirds would usually migrate Bev54 Aug 13 #14
Not only continues, it will be much worse. tavernier Aug 13 #21
Maybe someday soon Canada will be as hot as Florida and, well, bye. twodogsbarking Aug 13 #18
MAGA America really is a tribe of idiots... Hekate Aug 13 #19
And where is the gain in p*ssing off Canada? not fooled Aug 13 #20
The gain? tavernier Aug 13 #22
Who would want their phones and social media searched? dem4decades Aug 13 #27
Here is one from a south Florida realtor. Old Crank Aug 13 #24
It will be interesting to see what happens this winter. There is/was a huge French Canadian snow bird population mitch96 Aug 13 #25
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