Reply #59: I have not flown since these insane policies have been implemented. [View All]

My sil flew a few weeks ago to Boston, she was not aware of these machines or patdowns and was in shock when she learned she had to go through them or not fly, or maybe be arrested. She was horrified and felt completely violated and won't be flying either until our rights are restored. I should have warned her but didn't speak to her before she left.

The fact that more and more Americans like me, feel they cannot fly or risk being molested, is not just OUR problem, it is everyone's. I fight for causes that do not affect me directly, because they affect society as a whole.

My right to travel freely and unmolested by the US Govt has been taken away. I would not go into any place where I knew some stranger might start groping me and I see no difference just because these people are being paid and are wearing uniforms, In fact they scare me even more since they can throw me in jail if I ask them to stop. That is totally backwards. At least in RL if someone tries to touch me that way, I can call the police and THEY will get arrested. Now, Orwell was right, things have been turned upside down.

We have the right to fly, contrary to what rightwingers always say. It is a constitutional right and part of our laws. But now, many of us cannot exercise that right and that is wrong.