I'm taking my first flight in over a decade. The thought of going through airport security makes me angry. The TSA is almost universally despised and ineffective, but continues to exist. Why?
Wow, this is eye-opening. The amount of guns and other weapons found by TSA is insane. If this post wasn't on tsa.gov I would've thought it's a joke post. How do this many people think they can get past TSA with all this?
Because nearly 3,000 Americans died on September 11th, 2001.
I’m sorry to say this, and maybe you have unique and specific grievances I’m not aware of, but your anger seems like a gross entitlement of the kind Silicon Valley has become used too.
I think your premise, that the TSA effectively prevents terrorist attacks, is not a universal one[1][2][3].
Also, lacking anger at the TSA may also be a sign of entitlement. For people who look like Muslims, the TSA may be a source of fear and shame. Racial profiling used to be more prevalent than people perhaps realize.
There are, of course, many other reasons to be angry, including sexual assault, stolen items, and other TSA abuses. That's not even counting the intrusive body scanners and other officially sanctioned activities.
I generally agree with you, but any politician who advocates saner policies would be walking directly into demagoguery like "you're willing to risk terrorists killing our children so that rich businessmen can save a few minutes".
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 27.9 ms ] threadI’m sorry to say this, and maybe you have unique and specific grievances I’m not aware of, but your anger seems like a gross entitlement of the kind Silicon Valley has become used too.
Also, lacking anger at the TSA may also be a sign of entitlement. For people who look like Muslims, the TSA may be a source of fear and shame. Racial profiling used to be more prevalent than people perhaps realize.
There are, of course, many other reasons to be angry, including sexual assault, stolen items, and other TSA abuses. That's not even counting the intrusive body scanners and other officially sanctioned activities.
1. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aclu-tsa-20170207-stor...
2. https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-s...
3. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/the-tsa...
Sadly this is not true: http://news.gallup.com/poll/156491/americans-views-tsa-posit...
I generally agree with you, but any politician who advocates saner policies would be walking directly into demagoguery like "you're willing to risk terrorists killing our children so that rich businessmen can save a few minutes".
It should be improved, not dismantled.