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Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt
Cigarra writes "PhD student Arijit learned the hard way that in Brave New America you can't mock TSA's Security Theater and go on about your business. According to a recollection in RT.com: 'After being vigorously screened and questioned multiple times, Arijit says he was finally given permission, once more, to board his plane. The pilot of the aircraft, however, had had enough of the whole ordeal and asked the Delta supervisor to relay the message that, due to the discomfort the shirt had caused, neither Arijit nor his wife would be allowed to board the aircraft.' Just how much humiliation is the general American public willing to tolerate in the name of 'security'?"
Freedom to wear the shirt, not free from the consequences of wearing the shirt.
The TSA is a government agency.
The First Amendment applies to Government.
The TSA is 100% in the wrong no excuses. Period. End of story.
That Delta pilot and subsequently Delta airlines, although being intolerant douche bags, are well within their rights.
Jesus F'n Christ! No wonder we're losing our Rights!
Basic Civics - people!
Poke an animal or a person, with a sharp stick, and see what kind of reaction you get - it won't be a smile and a "Let me do whatever it takes to help you...". Instead it will be similar to what this guy saw, by metaphorically poking the bureaucrats that are the TSA and airline security crowd with an offensive-to-them shirt.
As a doctoral candidate, he should be intelligent enough to hypothesize this sort of reaction, yet when that is exactly what happens, he gets all huffy. No sympathy from me, for being a dumbass and now getting whiny about it. Man up, Arijit, stop being a whiny puss.
Should the TSA and airline security be what it is now? IMO, hell no, it is doing no good, it is pointless, security theater. But that doesn't change that this person got pretty much what anyone with a lick of common sense would have guessed would be the sort of reaction one could expect. Newtons Law, and all that...
"...there are some things that can beat smartness and foresight. Awkwardness and stupidity can." ~ Mark Twain
What kind of idiot doesn't understand parody?
Ooops, sorry. I live in the USA, where at least 51% of population are idiots and don't understand parody. My bad.
Dear Rest of World,
Fuck off.
Love,
Uncle Sam
I never said you couldn't disagree with it or work to Change authority. However if you are pulled over or in the TSA line respect the fact the guy has authority over you. After you are out of his authority range you can do a lot to fix the problem.
If you are in the military and a general comes, you salute him even if you hate his guts, and you don't give him the middle finger. Now if you have a legitimate problem with him you have sources to go to to complain. But there is a time and place for everything.
Pissing off the TSA guy won't change actions. Working outside the TSA line has more effect.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.