> Turning normal people into assholes by giving them small powers and prestige doesn't mean that prestige cannot be undermined by denigrating them. I think it'

> Turning normal people into assholes by giving them small powers and prestige doesn't mean that prestige cannot be undermined by denigrating them. I think it's funny that you think your Internet comment on a nearly 100% anti-TSA forum counts as undermining by denigration. If anything, you're reinforcing their view that people like you are dangerous and should be controlled. > It's a perfectly good hypothesis that calling a petty tyrant a knave, poltroon or asshole could deflate them. So test your hypothesis. We have a very long history of petty tyrants who keep court fools. How many of them turned into states of happy freedom?