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Cali_Democrat

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56. Jury results:

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:44 PM

Nov 2013

TSA is useless, except for keeping people scared.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023962014

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

YOUR COMMENTS:

This is a hurtful post...an attack on the TSA on the very day one of their officers was gunned down in cold blood.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:39 PM, and voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: We should not use a tragedy as an excuse to stifle discussion about the TSA. The post is unrelated to the shooting. I vote to leave it.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Alerter should lose points for stupid alert .
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The OP is a little weird but I don't know what their motives were in posting and I don't think it merits a hide.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: the poster is a jerk. the remarks are stupid. but they don't rise to the level of banning. If the alerter was the wife of the TSA guy, yes. I am sorry for that man's death. He didn't deserve it. But the poster should stand to allow people to know what a jerk sounds like.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given

Thank you.

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TSA is useless, except for keeping people scared. [View all] yorgatron Nov 2013 OP

Does nothing? I get that it's annoying to have hold ups and checks when travelling but nothing? el_bryanto Nov 2013 #1

Are they union workers? leftstreet Nov 2013 #2

Useless? Don't they give free feel-ups? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #3

I appreciate the TSA. They have always been polite and considerate. broiles Nov 2013 #4

Same here. I've always found them to be professional and polite. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #6

Not exactly a fun job to pat down a bunch of strangers and geek tragedy Nov 2013 #8

Especially when all those strangers are in a hurry to get somewhere and usually stresed. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #9

I have done something that's very unusual for me. I have flown 4 times this year (so far) and ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #15

You think TSA can stop airport shootings? Really? Also..... Logical Nov 2013 #46

I've never had a problem with them either Skittles Nov 2013 #54

What a horribly crass thread to post when a TSA worker was just gunned geek tragedy Nov 2013 #5

no kidding arely staircase Nov 2013 #68

They don't deserve to die for doing their jobs. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #7

Most great abuses of power... Xithras Nov 2013 #11

Oh sweet Jesus. You're comparing x-raying people's bags to internment camps and worse? nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #13

Lol. No, but you just did. Xithras Nov 2013 #17

Still don't get why you're hating on TSA agents for performing geek tragedy Nov 2013 #19

See, that's the point we disagree on. Xithras Nov 2013 #22

I disagree with your extreme libertarian view that checking for explosives and geek tragedy Nov 2013 #24

Ad hominem nice. Xithras Nov 2013 #27

You do realize that the same stuff the TSA does was going on before it existed, right? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #31

Yes, and they did it without feeling up little old ladies, or putting 6 year olds on No-Fly lists. Xithras Nov 2013 #41

It's not really a reason to kill someone in my books. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #14

Really? You're that easily scared? randome Nov 2013 #10

TSA is often a prisoner of bad policy, but DirkGently Nov 2013 #12

Dude, I'm no fan, but the timing of your post is tactless. Glassunion Nov 2013 #16

It provides good government jobs for people who otherwise might not have one frazzled Nov 2013 #18

That's a pretty lame reason Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #23

People said that about the WPA, the Conservation Corps, and other ... frazzled Nov 2013 #30

No, it just makes flying a pain in the ass. Throd Nov 2013 #61

How about we have 2 checkpoints instead of 1 under that dumb logic. n-t Logical Nov 2013 #47

I don't hate the agents. yorgatron Nov 2013 #20

How would privatized security guards be any less oppressive or intrusive? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #21

Privatization of government services is RW claptrap. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #35

Private security paid for by the airlines is the way it used to be. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #53

TSA is a pain in the ass Link Speed Nov 2013 #25

They just restarted Clear in my area.. Buddha_of_Wisdom Nov 2013 #26

Thanks! It's now in place here. Link Speed Nov 2013 #36

TSA pre, and some places have lanes for preferred tiers jberryhill Nov 2013 #39

What a rotten post in the wake of the death of a TSA agent OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #28

Really, you think they stop anything? Where are the terrorists? Because if they..... Logical Nov 2013 #48

They keep amateurs from trying to take weapons onto an aircraft. OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #62

Bullshit. They have you believing it. n-t Logical Nov 2013 #63

TSA Finds Guns on Hundreds of Passengers Each Year OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #64

Those would of been found before 9/11. And the lotion, shoes, bullshit is just bullshit...... Logical Nov 2013 #65

My heart bleeds for those who had to remove shoes and take a laptop out of a bag OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #66

Your logic is amazing..... Logical Nov 2013 #67

Aircraft in flight are fairly fragile OmahaBlueDog Nov 2013 #72

Wait, the TSA was fully in place and this guy still died. Not sure what your point is. n-t Logical Nov 2013 #70

This kind of rhetoric leads to gunmen opening fire on innocent workers. KY5 Nov 2013 #29

The fucking post should have been banned. Why wasn't it? nt bluestate10 Nov 2013 #38

pretty much anything that isn't a personal insult won't get hidden. nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #40

FAIL on so many levels. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #32

Jesus,if ever the phrase "too soon" was in order sufrommich Nov 2013 #33

Sorry the guy got shot. GoneOffShore Nov 2013 #34

THIS is the type of attitude that resulted in a human being being killed today. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #37

So you think some want-to-be murderer is reading this? n-t Logical Nov 2013 #49

My God. How can you post something like this today? nolabear Nov 2013 #42

None of the 9/11 hijackers would have been stopped by today's TSA. Deep13 Nov 2013 #43

Disgusting. Today? You have to post this shit today? joeybee12 Nov 2013 #44

Has anyone alerted? joeybee12 Nov 2013 #45

Feel free. n-t Logical Nov 2013 #50

Jury results: Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #56

Thanks. joeybee12 Nov 2013 #59

I'm perfectly happy with the security level that they had customerserviceguy Nov 2013 #51

You get a free x-ray liberal N proud Nov 2013 #52

Sucking at life. WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #55

they found my watch that had fallen out of my plastic receptacle spanone Nov 2013 #57

It is all for the appearance of "security" mikeysnot Nov 2013 #58

A friend of mine is a TSA agent in Terminal 3 at LAX. He was there today. He's still there I heard. Beaverhausen Nov 2013 #60

It is the divide between the people of this country, who are not scared of terrorists Rex Nov 2013 #69

If it wasn't for the TSA, I wouldn't have a sex life. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #71