Yes. And No.

Wednesday 17 November 2010 - Filed under Dumbassery + War on Terror

The Weekly Standard on America’s backlash against the TSA:

And yet I cannot help but wonder whether the problem is not public resistance to naked scanners, or a libertarian aversion to being frisked, but the cumulative effects of the TSA style of doing business. That uniformed goon at Dulles airport—“You will enter the proper line”—is the rule, not the exception. My own bigoted observation is that the people who administer airport security appear to be otherwise unemployable types who have suddenly been granted police powers; and like bad cops everywhere, they revel in it. Service is not with a smile but a glare; words of caution are not spoken but barked; the harried traveler, who wishes nothing more than to get the unfortunate encounter over with, is guilty until proven innocent.

I agree. Sort of. Because even though the TSA may not be fucking hated were they to actually act with some sense of professionalism, it is my “libertarian aversion to being [‘]frisked[‘]” that is leading my charge against this new tyranny. They can act like dicks and I can ignore them, or talk shit about them. What I can’t ignore is the dude tugging my sack just so I can get on a fucking plane.

2010-11-17  »  madlibertarianguy