SBUN:
You advise everyone to be civil to TSA agents while they violated everyone’s constitutional rights. To paraphrase Steven Bierfeldt, the Ron Paul staffer who was illegally detained by TSA because he was carrying money: “Is it legally required for me to do that?”
We do not have to be civil to any government official, especially not when they are demanding “Papier, bitte!” We don’t have to lie down like a lap dog hoping for approval from its Master when faced with violations of our rights. Perhaps you forgot the part about “Freedom of Speech”? Or the “Right to Petition Government to Redress Grievances?” If you don’t respect the right for people to speak as they please, then perhaps you should resign from TSA before the ACLU sues TSA again for ignoring yet another constitutional right.
Harry Truman said it best: “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.” And once you leave, how about utilizing your free time to read the Bill of Rights for the first time?
I’ve done the NH to Baltimore shuffle, because consulting down there makes the flight both faster, and less costly than driving.
Flying back a couple of years back, they “stole” lots of cans of stuff the wife bought for my birthday gift. Shrimp was confiscated, among other things, but my B+M beans were good to go.
Problem is, no flight, no work the next day, and no pay. Also, although armed at each end of the flight, you’ve got no choices at all.
But ten hours, plus tolls, on the road home, while more comfortable, is more expensive in time and money...
Like playing Army, you do what you have to do.