2w ago

Norwegian tourist claims he was 'strip searched' before being denied entry to US over JD Vance meme on phone

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Norwegian man 'strip searched' before being denied entry to US over JD Vance meme

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2w ago

Norwegian tourist claims he was 'strip searched' before being denied entry to US over JD Vance meme on phone

www.nationalworld.com /travel/norwegian-tourist-claims-he-was-strip-searched-before-being-denied-entry-to-us-over-jd-vance-meme-on-phone-5193029

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2w ago

Norwegian tourist claims he was 'strip searched' before being denied entry to US over JD Vance meme on phone

www.nationalworld.com /travel/norwegian-tourist-claims-he-was-strip-searched-before-being-denied-entry-to-us-over-jd-vance-meme-on-phone-5193029

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The US is not safe to travel to and you do not have a legitimate reason to travel there now. Keep this in your mind regardless of what reason you think contradicts this. It is not safe.
- As an American, seconded.
  I'm trapped here, don't YOU risk being kidnapped and trapped here or sent somewhere worse just because you wanted to see the Grand Canyon.
  
  I am honestly wondering how long it will be before you are eligible for refugee claims in the world with the state of affairs in your country. You aren't trapped though! Come to Canada! We have a bunch of issues now, but it will be a breathe of fresh air compared to the issues you face.
  
  Do they really want me to be trapped? 😮 might go to El Salvador, but trapped?
  I'm brown with a thick beard, so I'm used to being "naturally suspicious and prone to explosion" whenever I am within a 5 km distance of an airport. Yet US airports would scare the shit out of me
- Some people only learn by pain, apparently.
  
  I mean, that would have been an accurate description of me at age 21
  
  I don't know about pain, but the hard way really is the best teacher. People can tell you things until they are blue in the face, you'll shrug, and when the time comes you may find out what they were talking about. But it will only make sense at that point! Sometimes it can go another way. Sometimes.
- I have a friend who's going there this weekend. Landing in Orlando, and will be driving to LA. I told him to be very careful!
  
  Orlando to LA? Are they crazy or dumb?
  
  I wish your friend safety in their travels!
- you do not have a legitimate reason to travel there now.
  My parents live here 💀
  I live here 💀💀
  
  Damn. So sorry.
  
  The key word is "travel" thus excluding you and your family from the warning. Now go fix your shit instead of crying to someone who cannot.
- “They threatened me with a minimum fine of $5,000 or five years in prison if I refused to provide the password to my phone.”
  Jesus Christ. Reminds me of Eastern Europe in the early 90s.
  
  Some western European countries already do the same thing nowadays. It goes against constitutional laws where you can remain silent and where you can't be forced to help with your own conviction.
- Add that's why certain employers already give a burner phone to their employees if they have to go to the USA.
  
  But I heard they also demand access to ALL social media accounts, which aren't tied to a device.
- Well vance is immediately informed and provided a live feed. The strip you and bring you to a very handsome couch. Vance gets very disappointed when you just sit there but he just takes you and the couch he hand picked in and manages to rub one out.
Well I for one find this claim entirely credible (unfortunately).
Also, more JD Vance memes! Yay Streisand effect!
- JD Vance only eats the cat food part of lucky charms pass it on.
  
  I heard he puts his cast iron skillet in the dishwasher.
  
  So Cheerios?
- I'm on a campaign to only use the name he got from the idot that spwned him: James Donald Bowman.
  Ofc he's now simping for another asshole called Donald.
  
  I don't understand this, why not call him the way he wants to be called ? He's despicable but his name isn't the problem, I don't see how calling him Bowman (or calling Donald "Drumpf") is making any progress.
  And it kind of undermines the discourse that we should respect people's choice as to how they define themselves.
"Quick! He might be hiding more memes in his ass!" Like what?
- that's where I store all my best shitposts
  
  Don't forget about all the potential fart jokes.
What kind of dumb fuck still goes to the US for tourism?
- For many a trip to the US from Europe is a major event. I'd imagine that many people planned their trips last year before Trump was even reelected and had already invested a lot of money, at which point sunk fallacy plays a role.
  I also think that for many it still hasn't registered that they are now also at risk and it's not just the classic family guy meme anymore, where it's based on skin colour.
- Norwegians have this fanciful notion that all European and north American countries are essentially the same and that nothing is as bad as it's made out to be by those hysterical foreigners. This requires some degree of cognitive dissonance because they also feel like there is no country as good as Norway and everyone must really want to be Norwegian.
  So he probably assumed it wasn't nearly as bad over there as people are saying and if he was to get into difficulty he could just say he's Norwegian and people would just let him off because everyone loves Norwegians. Also he's 21 so not terribly smart yet.
  Not to mention that he's probably never been in a situation where a border control person takes your phone.
  
  they also feel like there is no country as good as Norway and everyone must really want to be Norwegian.
  I haven’t experienced that in the many years I’ve lived here. It is a humble group of people, seems to me. They also have tons of love for the other Scandinavian countries. You paint a picture of stuck up nationalists, and that’s pretty far from the truth.
So are they also going to detain and strip search the owners of any website hosting similar images? Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg.
- No, billionaires are above the law.
If I just delete all social media apps from my phone and pretend I don't have any social media accounts would these facist dumb fucks even know or would that seem suspicious?, I could just buy an extra phone but that seems a bit unnecessary
- that might be sus as well... better keep an alternative one that you don't use and make sure the account is gets sufficiently old and then you just say that you just lurk
  
  What a fucking shit hole this country has become that I have to jump through all these hoops just to travel, it wasn't this draconic even after 9/11 but racist losers had to own the libs I guess
Strip searched by a bald bearded middle aged guy with too much eye liner and an affinity for sofas?
Plot twist, the guy is a memer and did that on purpose to make his meme go viral. That can only be the reason
- According to my very scientific study for the past 20 years, half of the adults with a driving license don't know how to drive a car and would kill someone to get 5 minutes earlier to their jobs. Half the adults in this world is a fucking moron (a few billion people), that's my explanation.

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