• breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    Big caveat

    The final decision rests with the TSA officer on whether an item is allowed through the checkpoint.

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      Ah yes, the “rules only apply when I say they do” rule. Much legitimate.

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        Inconsistent enforcement of “the rules” is the most common form of systematic marginalization.

        It’s also easy of centrists to excuse, since it could happen to anyone, even when the statistic show to it is overwhelmingly correlated with some protected trait.

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      See, flying isn’t for people who plan. It’s for people who roll 20s and not 1s. You know, lucky people. That’s the message here.

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      And it’s not the type of crowd that will take a ‘technically correct’ in good sport.