every word of this

[rm]

More about the TSA mess: http://elusis.livejournal.com/2141915.html

(suggestion to opt out isn't, as previously discussed, workable for everyone, but the analysis of the problems and the reasons why you should if you can is smart stuff)

Comments

[elainasaunt.livejournal.com]

I found this really powerful, and said so when I linked it on my Facebook. I've already had a comment from someone saying she made arguments they had never considered.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I just found out that a friend I haven't seen in a while has a job working one of those screeners. I've been having interesting discussions with her. She keeps defending her position on a personal level, getting deeply upset about passengers who scream at her. I feel bad for her. She can't actually see people naked. She wants to stop crying herself to sleep. I wish I knew what to tell her.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

Yeah, mother jones also made the connection that ppl sat up & paid attention when it was a white dude who bitched about it...

ETA: That sounds kinda critical above, which I didn't mean to do. I think it's got the best roundup of the scope and types of problems I've seen so far (excepting perhaps listing some legal issues) and am boosting its signal as well.

[ravenskye8.livejournal.com]

What I find particularly upsetting is that it seems that no one at any point took any time to think about how this kind of screening would affect survivors of assault, abuse, and related trauma.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the signal boost. I've clarified in comments that by no means do I think this is "the right decision." I'm making my choice, and doing so in a planful, visible way, because I want others to be prepared, I want to influence the discourse, and I know that I have some privileges/lack some vulnerabilities that others have, so I'll take one for the team so to speak, and then be vocal about my experience afterwards.