> the TSA is pretty far down on any rational list of complaints about government Only if focusing exclusively on direct interactions. From an ideological pers

> the TSA is pretty far down on any rational list of complaints about government Only if focusing exclusively on direct interactions. From an ideological perspective, I don't think it's projection (your wording) to observe that in their current form they align closely with both general government authoritarianism and the exercise of federal power over the states. From a pragmatic perspective, I think it's perfectly reasonable to be alarmed about how such security measures seem to normalize invasive government behaviors in general. Societal norms and values aren't static, so how we do things in the present can and does affect how the public views things in the future.