#BoycottHawaii Backfired In a Big Way

Twitter, always a sphere of great nuance and sophistication, has seen the rise of the hashtag #BoycottHawaii.

For those previously residing in a cave, a café without internet or Kellyanne Conway's poolhouse, let's catch you up: TravelPulse's Rich Thomaselli reports the Trump administration faced its second roadblock for its latest travel ban. Unfortunately for the White House, sequels don't tend to fare all that well out of the gate.

In this case, a district court in Hawaii followed a federal judge in Washington state by blocking the executive order known as travel ban 2.0.

The fact that a Hawaiian district court found fault with the latest order means opponents have decided to boycott Hawaii and all the state and its culture encompasses. Presumably, this means there will be an extra box or two of those amazingly delicious Hawaiian Host macadamia treats at your local Costco. You may even get a dirty look if you offer a "hang loose" sign.

And by all means, stay clear of your now polarizing thoughts on "Moana."

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As you might imagine, Trump supporters' call to boycott paradise hasn't quite had the effect that the hashtag purveyors intended. In fact, reading through Twitter will have you laughing right up until an interesting thought crosses the transom of your mind: I haven't been to Hawaii in a while.

Hawaii residents watching ignorant haoles using the #BoycottHawaii be like pic.twitter.com/3lKsGGFY8t

- L E H U A ÿ=‹ï (@TheLehuaFlower) March 16, 2017

The #BoycottHawaii movement presents an existential crisis.

Can people boycott something if they dont know where it is? pic.twitter.com/JdCa956JqV

- Frederick Douglass (@HITEXECUTIVE) March 16, 2017

When you find out Trump supporters will #boycottHawaii so now you know where you're going for vacation pic.twitter.com/sgJtduC9sg

- Chris Smith (@Lilyachttty) March 16, 2017

Hawaii locals when we see #BoycottHawaii trending. Yesss, please cancel your trips. We won't miss your racist & colonial attitudes. pic.twitter.com/Ybj8Y74Kqn

- sierra (@sierraawolf) March 16, 2017

Hawaiians when they hear Trump supporters don't want to come to Hawaii #BoycottHawaiipic.twitter.com/4mZ4ZBrpoG

- LaurenNY-7ÿ=›8ÿ=›9ÿ=‹> (@AaliyahNevaeh7) March 16, 2017

In the spirit of equal time, here are some tweets from the other side of things:

#BoycottHawaii
Hawaii, what do you know?
You were 5,000 miles from 9/11.
You run your little world and let the grownups run the mainland. pic.twitter.com/jDySlmxevp

- Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) March 16, 2017

Just switched my vacation plans! Heading east instead! Key West, FL here we come! #BoycottHawaii#TravelBanpic.twitter.com/MX06yNj9oZ

- Theresa_Cali (@Theresa_Cali) March 16, 2017

In the last 15 years, Hawaii's taken only 1 Middle Eastern refugee every 3 years. But they know all about immigration policy. #BoycottHawaii

- Democrats for Trump (@YoungDems4Trump) March 16, 2017

But really, here's what plenty of us are thinking:

Anyone who wants to #BoycottHawaii can slide those plane tickets right over here. Hotel reservations, too.

- P'Challa MacKenzie (@pfunk1130) March 16, 2017

As you might imagine, the hashtag has done more to muddy the waters: One side thinks the other is remarkably in the wrong. And we are here just dreaming of the day that we get to travel to a place like Hawaii.

Thankfully, there is no better place in the world to handle such a controversy. Whether you are for the ban or against it, simply look your fellow man in the eye and say "Aloha."

You will get your point across no matter what side of the argument you are on..

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