[miss marmelstein]

Not one freeper here who believes that the TSA was wrong in this regard has explained to me why the words “I am going to destroy America” are innocuous and should have been overlooked. Can YOU explain what I'm missing?

Like all Americans, I have been critical of the stupidities of the TSA. But in this case, sorry, they did their job. For once.

[JimSEA]

Context here seems obvious. “I’m going to kill a few lagers and take down Bonn”, doesn’t mean anything ominous but taken literally could get me jailed. If we have to be so circumspect in our speech, how can I keep from getting in trouble for my political opinions about taking down, stomping on and demolishing Obama, not to mention some of the frequent posts on FR. For our perfect security, any hint of a threat must be acted on.

Thanks, I’ll take some risks to live free. I’ve been doing just that for 70 years.