Posted on 02/20/2017 3:05:56 PM PST by WXRGina
No Ill Intentions. I’m just stating how I feel. I have been a member of FR for a long time, Jim Robinson knows me, and I’m a member of a local chapter with many who know me personally for many years.
“Twice they had to do a whole body search because their special machine was down. Big effing deal.”
Since you are comparing your experiences with the author’s, is it safe to assume that your penis and testicles were carefully patted down both times? If not, then your experiences were in no way comparable. If so, do you really feel that was in any way necessary and not excessively invasive? What other civilized nations do these sort of things?
(And by the way, not every regular American wants to be treated like a criminal, even if you can’t see the difference.)
No one grabs a penis or a vagina. I’ll give $100 to someone who can find a video to this happening.
I’ll make $100 donation to FR if u find proof of a crotch grab or someone putting their hands down their pants.
To the few newbie trolls (or is it just one of you posing as a few?) here who are aggressively standing on the side of tyranny, I would say you may imagine that you’re clever in “invading” the Free Republic forum with your silly, baseless attacks on my legitimate report, but you’re not fooling us, and you’re not gaining a single convert to your demented cause of despotism. JimRob, and the rest of us right-minded FReepers, can see right through you.
Holly, take a hike.
No this is an open discussion. I’m willing while fighting acute leukemia and a sttem cell transplant and out of work to pay FR for proof of this type of conduct This is how confident I am.
I have to listen to the media saying things. I expect FR to be honest. No one has grabbed a crotch.
That’s not TSA
You didn’t specify TSA.
Do you drive to avoid TSA?
Hopefully not through Austin TX.
Does TSA allow these sorts of screenings to be video taped?
I suspect not.
Maybe they need gopro cams on their uniforms too. I’d support that.
That’s what we’re discussing. Sorry if I wasn’t clear.
None of which guarantees intelligence, common sense or people skills. In fact, I would say having those qualities would tend to steer one away from the drudgery and oppressive environment of the TSA.
“find a video”
That’s why I don’t believe slaves were mistreated in the 19th century.
There’s no video of it.
Mr Kitty worries things like this the very few times we’ve flown. Because he knows I would pull up my shirt, drop my pants and yell “Go ahead, feel me up!!” and then start making loud moaning noises when they touched me.
I may be old and small, but, dang, I’m still feisty.
Silly. Find proof. How’s that. There would be a couldn’t case. Someone said hands were down the pants. I call bs.
Yes, this is an "open" discussion, and FReepers like me are honest. I don't know about you, though. I'm not following your comments about paying for "proof" of the already well-documented instances of all kinds of TSA misconduct, but I will repeat what I said in an earlier comment. You are arguing on the side of despotism, and we can see right through it, Holly.
So, hitchhike.
If you think that getting is an x-ray is rape, it’s best you don’t get around flying machinery.
What is a dental x-ray that checks for hidden cavities? Forced oral sodomy?
An airport cop would get involved at that point
Now that’s the second time you’ve responded to me by solely fixating on word usage instead of the substance of my post. I will officially change “grab” to “feel” if it makes you happy. It’s fine if you’re cool with this, but can’t you just accept that some people really do feel sexually violated to have their private areas touched by a stranger, yes, even over their clothes? Perhaps the author went a little overboard in her language choices, but obviously she was angered (and rightfully so in many people’s opinion). That doesn’t mean what happened to her was fine.
Did you see that article on Free Republic from a while back that reported that around one half of TSA agents have been fined for misconduct? Have you really missed all the horror stories about the TSA? They abuse their power frequently. On this very thread a vet talks about TSA agents squeezing his “gonads.” There are all sorts of personal accounts like this from both men and women online. It doesn’t matter if this sort of thing doesn’t reach your definition of fondling, if other people feel violated by it.
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