# Florida's new Motto **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563 "2013-02-07T05:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/1 "2013-02-07T05:48:55Z")
So Florida is trying to get new businesses to move there. Wonderful! And now certain females are offended by not the motto itself but the depiction of a necktie saying it’s “sexist”. Fucking hosebag cunts. Over sensitive much? I guess if your hero Obongo had used a similar metaphor their huge vagina’s would be dripping with lust and they’d be on their saggy knees sucking his cock. Flame away. I probably deserve it. Not that I give a flying hairy rat’s ass fuck what you think of me. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! > **[Florida’s new business logo sexist, critics say](https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/florida-business-logo-sexist-152636699--finance.html)** > > Late last week, Enterprise Florida, an organization promoting Florida's job growth, held a press conference to unveil its slogan: "FLORIDA: The Perfect Climate For Business." Florida Gov. Rick Scott posed for pictures with board members from the... ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/2 "2013-02-07T05:54:29Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > Flame away. I probably deserve it. Yes, yes you do. Now step away from the Jack’s. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/3 "2013-02-07T06:27:15Z")
Saggy _knees_? ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/4 "2013-02-07T06:42:43Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Saggy _knees_? Yeah, that was pretty lame. LMAO! BTW- What are Jack’s? As in playing jacks? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/5 "2013-02-07T07:02:04Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > Over sensitive much? I guess if your hero Obongo \ So, you complain about “oversensitivity” then throw in a racist slur? ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/6 "2013-02-07T07:07:28Z")
0.01/10 come back when never ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/7 "2013-02-07T08:35:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > So, you complain about “oversensitivity” then throw in a racist slur? If that’s how you chose to take it. I think it’s just a funny way to say the name. What makes it racial? I believe bongos are south american not african if that’s what you mean. I could be wrong. Besides, remember kids, there are no races. So how can anything be racist? And racist against which part of Obongo? He’s half white and half black. …That’'s okay man cause I like the abuse… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/8 "2013-02-07T08:49:48Z")
Shitty OP. You getting pissed at _their_ getting pissed is just so lame. Someone in the thread is, as you put it, “over sensitive much” but it’s not the women of Florida. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/9 "2013-02-07T09:26:24Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > vagina’s Know thy enemy, kp. Logographically, not biblically. For the sake of all women. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/10 "2013-02-07T09:59:10Z")
Ignoring the banal trolling of the op, hasn’t anyone told Florida that ties are passé for business? They’d be as well putting in a picture of a fax. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/11 "2013-02-07T10:09:42Z")
OTIO ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/12 "2013-02-07T10:10:15Z")
I was hoping for a good take-down of whiny-asses pseudo-feminists who don’t deserve the name. But when die-hard Republican me read ‘Obongo’, that made me sad. It had no significance to the story & is undeniably racist. Sorry, you get no points and may God have mercy on your soul. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/13 "2013-02-07T10:12:28Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > If that’s how you chose to take it. I think it’s just a funny way to say the name. What makes it racial? Just google it, if you want to see the President portrayed as an ape. [QUOTE=Urban Dictionary] \*\*Obongo \*\* A play on Barack Hussein Obama II’s last name, citing his roots as a typical Apefrican, bongo beating, bush monkey. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/14 "2013-02-07T11:53:22Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You getting pissed at _their_ getting pissed is just so lame. And according to the OP’s link, the critics in question aren’t even really all that pissed: mostly they’re just mildly pointing out that representing the concept of business by a picture of a necktie is, you know, not all that gender-inclusive. The only objector named in that story who seemed to be criticizing the logo in anything like an “official” capacity (as opposed to, say, commenting anonymously on Facebook (!)) was the president of the local chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners: > [@](#): > > “I thought immediately that it set us back, all the work that we’ve done," Pamela Rogan, the president of the Central Florida chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, said in a statement. "It’s not that they have to make it pink or ‘girlie,’ but maybe put a briefcase or something like an iPhone or a smartphone in there to represent business.” Yeah, how dare that hosebag cunt suggest that a high-tech communications gadget might be a better symbol for business development than an item of men’s clothing that many businessmen never even wear. :rolleyes: (Especially since the business development program in question seems to be trying to attract high-tech industries in particular, which tend to be a little less focused on traditional dress codes.) However, the organization Enterprise Florida has at least managed to inspire a bunch of unpaid idiots like the OP to publicize their Florida business development campaign for free on messageboards, so I gotta hand it to them for successfully generating PR buzz. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/15 "2013-02-07T12:08:27Z")
Join date _not_ Feb 2013. It is to surprise. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/16 "2013-02-07T12:23:42Z")
If there’s one thing I think of when somebody mentions Florida, it’s their smartly dressed businessmen. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/17 "2013-02-07T12:24:24Z")
> [@kp\_72110](#): > > I think it’s just a funny way to say the name. You suck at funny. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/18 "2013-02-07T12:28:07Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Join date _not_ Feb 2013. It is to surprise. Also not yet banned. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/19 "2013-02-07T12:38:36Z")
I hope it’s just a drunk drive-by because if the OP involved sober consideration I’d be concerned for the poster’s mental health. Yeah, sure, “necktie outrage”, whatever, but as a rant it’s an incoherent (and racist) mess. Have a little pride in your posts, man. Put some effort in. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-new-motto/649563/20 "2013-02-07T13:00:06Z")
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