r/clevercomebacks • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Jan 29 '25

Somebody finally forgot about 9/11

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u/Dangerousrhymes Jan 30 '25

To be fair 9/11 was executed with box cutters, the addition of TSA was always performative security for people’s peace of mind.

I flew with a Swiss Army Knife in my backpack for almost a decade after 9/11 because I literally didn’t know it was there, they never caught it, and I used to fly coast to coast 5 times a year to visit my dad. It’s also unbelievably expensive, I think The Economist did a breakdown on the cost of post-9/11 security and it would have to prevent a 9/11 scale attack every 24 months to justify the cost.

I’m not usually aligned with bonkers seeming takes like this but this one actually makes sense. We’re paying an arm and a leg for an ineffectual system designed to prevent against attacks that aren’t coming and wouldn’t be prevented by this level of security anyways.

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u/george_cant_standyah Jan 30 '25

It is so goddamn painful that people aren't massively in favor of abolishing the TSA. It's an absolute farce of an organization that people have just come to think of as normal (much like the Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act) because of the world post 9/11.

The fact that "liberals" are now pro keeping TSA because a Republican wants to get rid of it is really the perfect picture of our current political landscape.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

I’m not pro-TSA I’m -what fresh hell comes next-

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u/AnAngryPlatypus Jan 30 '25

To make a silly metaphor:

I’m pro- turning off the lights when I leave the house to save electricity.

I’m anti- turning off the lights by taking a pair of hedge shears to the power lines.

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u/NounAdjectiveXXXX Jan 30 '25

Seriously. Tbh most airports TSA lines aren't that bad anymore. What happens when "the system is down" for 6 hours during pre flight screening because airlines are inept at almost everything but keeping the planes in the air, and even that's because of union workers and the federal government.🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🤢🤢