Reply #47: Uh huh, I'll believe it when I see it. [View All]

[Drunken Irishman]

The boycott is all talk because let's be honest, how many gay & lesbian couples even come and vacation in Utah? The only time they're here is for Sundance and that isn't going to take a hit. Utah is a family oriented state and its tourism is geared toward that. The bottom line is that this has never been a hotbed for liberal tourism. The only liberals who vacation here are celebs and they couldn't care less about the gay & lesbian cause. They might say they do. They might cut ads for it and they might say they were against Prop 8, but in the end, they'll go on living their lives just like they do every time something they believe in gets the shaft. They'll be here January for Sundance and they'll continue vacationing in their Park City and Deer Valley homes, while families from back east, mostly Republican families (you know, it's not cheap flying a family out to Utah for a weekend of skiing) won't give two shits about a progressive boycott.

I get you want to feel you'll hurt little tiny puny Utah, but in the end, you won't. You might pick off a few locally owned businesses, but unless you get Robert Redford to move Sundance, it's not going to be major.

And Robert Redford -- as liberal as he is -- won't do that.