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DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes

Posted by Unknown on from the it's-not-like-anyone-would-miss-la dept.

itwbennett writes "In a classic case of 'we say destroy, you say party hard,' the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security detained a pair of British twenty-somethings for 12 hours and then sent them packing back to the land of the cheeky retort. At issue is a Tweet sent by Leigh Van Bryan about plans to 'destroy America,' starting with LA, which, really, isn't that bad an idea."

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  1. Joking about this is the height of stupidity. by penix1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    First off, making jokes like that are without taste and quite dangerous in airports especially ones to the US. They post signs all over about it. Anyone stupid enough to joke like that should be sent packing given the number of attempts made post 9/11. If they don't take it seriously, and it turns out to be a valid threat, then the press would have a field day with DHS. Stupid is how I see these people...

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  2. Re:What Disgusting Moderation by misexistentialist · · Score: 0, Troll

    anti-illegal alien sentiment that seems to pervade the country (for no obvious reason)

    There is no good reason for disliking criminal alien scabs? Come on now.