Did you ever think that these stories fit peoples' agendas around here and that is why they lend them credulity?
Nobody on FR likes an intrusive government. What can be more intrusive than this? So if an anecdote is posted that meets somebody's pre-defined attitude, then its natural that they will go with it. And, face it, the majority of TSA agents who act professionally do not qualify as news objects, now do they?
The villians in all of this are BHO, Soros & Crapitano.
True. Unfortunately they aren't doing the pat-downs nor operating the machines. Nor are your congresscritters.
Congress controls funding for TSA, that is where I am taking my complaints.
Good idea.
But let me give you a little hint: if the environment is not stirred up to where a whole lot of people are really and truly outraged by these kind of policies, your complaint will go on deaf ears, no matter how well founded it is. Posting these stories should result in a whole lot of folks contacting a whole lot of Congresscritters and screaming. When the volume is loud enough for them to not be able to ignore, then you should see something. But not until that point.
I’m just suggesting that stories from the MSM should be vetted a bit before we assume they are true. To do otherwise undermines our credibility.
The outrage is totally understandable, my plea is that we take our collective jeremiad where it can do some good. While some activist judge may enjoin this insanity soon enough, the permanent fix probably has to come from congress.
I also fear that individual agents will be subjected to threats & violence if people don’t remain rational. Let’s leave that to the left.