November 15, 2024

Gadget Stupidity

New app tells Conservatives what restaurants they can freely ware the Trump hat

In a day and age where it is cool or hip to be different, it seems some conservatives are not afforded the same luxury as they have been routinely harassed for supporting the president and for wearing his Make America Great Again rep cap.

Mainstream media headlines regularly offer stories of young conservatives getting those red caps ripped off their head or otherwise bothered while just trying to live their lives but a new application is looking to help relieve the targetted harassment.

An application which can be downloaded to a person’s mobile phone is called the 63red Safe app and is described as a “Yelp for conservatives,” the Hill reports.

From the report:

A NEW APP LAUNCHED THIS MONTH TO HELP CONSERVATIVES FIND “SAFE” RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES WHERE THEY WON’T BE HARASSED FOR SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

APP CREATOR SCOTT WALLACE ON MONDAY SAID ON “FOX & FRIENDS” THAT HIS AIM WAS TO GET “POLITICS OUT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES [AND] LOCAL RESTAURANTS.”

Wallace said he knows the harassment is happening and he recognizes some restaurants are not welcoming of people with differing political views.

“We wanted to make sure that people could let others know what restaurants may have a political bent,” he said. “We’re not looking to try and find restaurants that are ‘conservative’ or ‘pro-Trump.’ ”

“We want businesses to understand that there’s no money in politics,” he said. “We want to make sure everyone’s safe out there.”

Here’s more:

THE APP ALLOWS USERS TO LABEL RESTAURANTS AS “SAFE” OR “UNSAFE” FOR CONSERVATIVES BASED ON FOUR QUESTIONS: WHETHER THE RESTAURANT SERVES GUESTS “OF EVERY POLITICAL BELIEF,” IF IT ALLOWS LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY, WILL IT “PROTECT ITS CUSTOMERS IF THEY ARE ATTACKED FOR POLITICAL REASONS” AND IF THE ESTABLISHMENT AVOID POLITICS IN ITS ADS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

WALLACE TOLD THE DAILY BEAST THAT HE THINKS THE APP WILL GROW IN POPULARITY AHEAD OF THE 2020 ELECTION, WHEN HE SAYS HE THINKS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE LIKELY TO BE TARGETED BY “SOCIALIST GOON SQUADS,” SPECIFICALLY NAMING THE ANTI-FASCIST GROUP “ANTIFA.”

“I THINK ANTIFA WAS NOTHING COMPARED BETWEEN NOW AND WHAT’S COMING IN 2020,” HE SAID. “AND I’M DEEPLY CONCERNED.”

ONE RESTAURANT LABELED AS “UNSAFE” ON THE APP, ACCORDING TO THE DAILY BEAST, IS THE RED HEN IN LEXINGTON, VA., WHERE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS WAS ASKED TO LEAVE LAST YEAR.

According to the report, the 63red Safe is the fourth app designed by the same development team which aims to help protect conservatives. One other app is a news app, another is a “real-time conservative chat” app, and the last is a social gathering planning app.

Via https://www.governorpalin.org/2019/03/11/new-app-tells-conservatives-restaurants-safe-express-trump-support/

Man May Face Charges for Bringing THIS to a London Airport

GunCellCaseLast year, police departments from around the world were expressing concerns for a "gun shaped" iPhone case that may be mistaken for a real weapon.  Police departments warned that having those types of cases were a "terrible idea" and may put a person in serious danger.

Nevertheless, a London man may be facing charges for carrying such a case when he showed up at a London airport with it on.

In a series of tweets, the Essex police shamed the man, warning everyone that cops have a “split second decision to make” in instances like this. The police also warned that bringing such a case to an airport “makes it much less likely you’ll catch your plane,” while reminding people not to be foolish.

At this point, it’s unclear if the man has faced charges, but the Essex police didn’t rule the possibility out. On Twitter, the department explained that the man could be changed with Sec.5 Public Order, which relates to using threatening words or behavior to alarm or distress. Additionally, the man could face charges for possession of an imitation firearm in a public place.

The Essex police note that the image shared of the back pocket on Twitter is a stock image and that the gun-shaped case was not discovered until a routine security check.

Last summer, police departments in New York and New Jersey warned citizens about the gun-shaped iPhone cases, pointing out that an officer’s job is hard enough without the confusion of wondering if something is a real gun or an iPhone case. The issue many law enforcement officers have with the cases is that the majority don’t carry the federally-required orange mark at the end of their barrel. Many online retailers, including eBay and Amazon, have blocked sales of gun-shaped phone cases because of these warnings from law enforcement.

Using a gun-shaped iPhone case, as pointed out by law enforcement, has potentially fatal consequences in addition to the legal consequences. With such cases being removed from retailers, the problem has significantly subsided in the last year, but as proven by the situation at the London Stansted Airport, it has yet to be totally mitigated.

 

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