Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment

#comic #cartoon #uspol #travel #firstamendment #privacy

An international tourist approaches passport control at a US airport. Sign: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS Officer: WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT? Woman: I'M A TOURIST ON SUMMER HOLIDAY. Officer: HMM... OUR DATABASE SHOWS THAT IN 2018, YOU LIKED AN INSTAGRAM COMMENT CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S NECKTIE. Officer: I SEE YOUR IN-FLIGHT MOVIE CHOICE WAS WALTER SALLES' I'M STILL HERE ABOUT BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP. AND YOU HAD A FRIENDLY CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SEATMATE WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPORTED TO LIBYA FOR SUPPORTING GAY MARRIAGE IN AN AOL INSTANT MESSENGER CHAT IN 2001. Officer: ВОВВУ, ANOTHER TERRORIST! Masked agent: ON IT, SIR!
An international tourist approaches passport control at a US airport. Sign: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS Officer: WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT? Woman: I'M A TOURIST ON SUMMER HOLIDAY. Officer: HMM... OUR DATABASE SHOWS THAT IN 2018, YOU LIKED AN INSTAGRAM COMMENT CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S NECKTIE. Officer: I SEE YOUR IN-FLIGHT MOVIE CHOICE WAS WALTER SALLES' I'M STILL HERE ABOUT BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP. AND YOU HAD A FRIENDLY CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SEATMATE WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPORTED TO LIBYA FOR SUPPORTING GAY MARRIAGE IN AN AOL INSTANT MESSENGER CHAT IN 2001. Officer: ВОВВУ, ANOTHER TERRORIST! Masked agent: ON IT, SIR!
An international tourist approaches passport control at a US airport. Sign: INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS Officer: WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR VISIT? Woman: I'M A TOURIST ON SUMMER HOLIDAY. Officer: HMM... OUR DATABASE SHOWS THAT IN 2018, YOU LIKED AN INSTAGRAM COMMENT CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT'S NECKTIE. Officer: I SEE YOUR IN-FLIGHT MOVIE CHOICE WAS WALTER SALLES' I'M STILL HERE ABOUT BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP. AND YOU HAD A FRIENDLY CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SEATMATE WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPORTED TO LIBYA FOR SUPPORTING GAY MARRIAGE IN AN AOL INSTANT MESSENGER CHAT IN 2001. Officer: ВОВВУ, ANOTHER TERRORIST! Masked agent: ON IT, SIR!