# Homeland security deports British twenty-somethings based on "joke" tweets

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**Created:** [January 30, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223 "2012-01-30T20:35:02Z")\
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**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 2, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/246 "2012-02-02T09:28:23Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> One said he’d ‘destroy’ America. That appears to be a threat. End of story.

I note that in this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14657377&postcount=4) you said:

> [@I had a telephone inteview!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-telephone-inteview/609181/4):
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> Knock 'em dead

Why are you inciting violence?

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