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I flew out of Boston last month and the TSA agent chewed me out for opting out of the photo scan. He seemed convinced that it would be required in the future an

I flew out of Boston last month and the TSA agent chewed me out for opting out of the photo scan. He seemed convinced that it would be required in the future and that I was in the wrong for attempting to resist the inevitable. First of all, I love Boston, but this was probably the most stereotypically Boston experience I've ever had. Second of all, it's really gross that he felt ok with trying to intimidate me into giving up my rights because it posed a minor inconvenience to him.

komali2 2y ago
It annoys me when they act annoyed with us for maintaining our rights. I offer them the bear minimum of respect by not ranting about how they're part of a system slowly restricting our rights into nothingness, the least they can do is not offer backhanded comments back about how I'm making their job harder. One time I refused to do the pointless facial surveillance thing next to a plane boarding gate, and the flight attendant loudly said to another, "ugh, why do they refuse," and the other loudly replied, "I don't know." Never been more tempted to play the part of the horrifyingly obnoxious sovereign citizen and educate my fed up comrades on the other side of the counter.