Wait, is that an actual quote from the proceedings? Don’t want to crank up my WTF thermostat if not needed. Have to oil it every day as it is.
Is that actually what happened? Does that actually sound plausible to you?
Yes, I think so. I pulled the number out of my ass, but the idea stands. And to adress what Colibri said : I wasn’t thinking only of the USA.
How do you know that nobody complains? You think that you would hear about it some random unkown person did? But I’m sure indeed that the random nobody is vastly less likely to complain, because it would be pointless if not even counter-productive.
Also, they won’t get apology letters.
Yes. But it’s not like it’s the secret that plenty of people are treated like shit by border police. It simply usually don’t apply to semi-famous old ladies.
Yes, she is a 70 yo old lady from another western country. Just guess how a 20 something yo male from a brown country would have been handled.
That’s about not semi-famous 70 yo white ladies.
For those who wanted complaints, you have several pages of them. At least she didn’t die.
Years ago, I heard a story about someone who was pulled over by the police in the early 70s and got some rough treatment, though his real name actually was Richard Nixon. Not surprisingly, that story is pretty difficult to Google.
Note that those are all people entering at the U.S./Mexico border in the link that clairobscur gives. Fox was an Australian citizen traveling from Australia to Milwaukee who had just entered the U.S. at the L.A. airport. There was nothing in her background to suggest that she might cause trouble. Even if we were to grant that there are power-mad border guards at the U.S./Mexico border that like to harass people crossing the border there, why would they want to do it to Fox? What’s going on here?
So are you for or against border police treating people like shit?
This just in. News that the Australian author may never return to the US has devastated the nation. Huge crowds are reported in all the major cities, gathering together ‘for consolation and support’. Many were sobbing uncontrollably while others shook angry fists at the sky as if to reproach the heavens. “Please please come back to us, Mem” was the universal cry. A visibly shaken President Trump told a grieving nation that he had personally fired all those responsible for this outrage and that he and all his Cabinet would be at the airport to humbly apologize to the author if she should choose to return.
News of the incident sent stock markets tumbling world wide with one financier saying, This may be the worst crisis the markets have faced in …
Enough already. What I’m trying to reflect is the pompous movie doubtless playing in this old biddy’s head in which people actually give a shit what she does or where she goes.
For the 116th time. Sad.
Yeah! Who cares about stupid namby-pamby “civil liberties” and all that pointy-headed Poindexter bullshit! Terrorist-lovers, that’s who! Or what some stupid bunch of FOREIGNERS think about America! So, President Trump (MAGA!) pissed off the stupid President of Australia or whatever he’s called, and now this–who cares? What’s Australia ever done for us, anyway? They’re not even Americans! America is the Greatest Country on Earth! We don’t need those stupid foreigners–we’ve got plenty of Brawndo!
Don’t forget…
[QUOTE=Donald Trump]
But there is no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag. This is the United States of America that I’m representing.
[/QUOTE]
Just wait until he brings back the gold standard. That’s sure to be what makes America great again, right?
That would be the USC. It’s actually the United States of Assholes.
We already know you’re a loathsome idiot; you didn’t have to post further evidence of it.
Both times I (US’ian) have crossed into Canada by road in last several years they gave me a hard time, and passive aggressive asshole type (yes, Canadians like Minnesotans or Wisconsinites, can be assholes politely 
). Nothing outrageous, surely within the rules, I didn’t collapse and weep later, but I really didn’t like it and I’m never going back. Don’t know why I attracted their attention, some good reason from their POV I assume, but again, no more.
No idea what really happened with the Aussie author, not going to take media article’s word for it. But again, people are sensitive to it, naturally. You’re willing to be a polite and well behaved guest, you’re not expecting a red carpet, but it’s unpleasant when authorities give you a hard time.
As the piece I readsaid:
There are, sadly, a number of people in this country who would consider a 20-year-old brown person being hauled over the coals for two hours to be one big yawn. Such people need a swift tap on the head with a clue-by-four. You can consider this story to be that tap.
A lot of people who might respond to the Travel Ban by saying “well, it couldn’t happen to me, I’m not Muslim/Somali/politically active” have now been deprived of an excuse. Yes, it CAN happen to you. It would be nice if you had enough consideration for people of other nations and religions to consider it a problem when they get fucked about with, but if not, here’s a message you can understand.
I want to send a copy of this story to every well-heeled retiree in this country currently contemplating their mid-year overseas holiday plans. “Well, gee Shirl, dunno if that American holiday looks so great any more. How about Paris? I hear Paris is nice in the summer. And they don’t frogmarch you to the interrogation room at the airport.”
When it happens to you, I won’t need to be reminded not to give a rat’s ass.
They came for the highly successful children’s authors and I said nothing for I was not a highly successful children’s author…
Have you ever considered not being a piece of shit? Just to see what it feels like?
That author is an extremist and an advocate for multi culturalism.
If she doesn’t like the USA and the current admin, then she should stay home in her own country. She wont be missed.