Reply #3: It's a shame that happened to you. [View All]

[InkAddict]

I remember my teen daughters telling me about the female cop they nicknamed "Robo Cop" stopping and harassing them as they zipped down the road on a nice day with the windows open while they sang out (yelled out) the lyrics to a very loud "hip-hop" tune allowed to air on the radio that included plenty of "M_Fs." Airtime: 2 minutes +???????? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Ahhhh...the freedoms of youth.

Would that have happened if...oh never mind; that would not really play well on DU, so I left out some "colorful" adjectives in the story. You too?

I'm reminded of a phrase I heard once; it seems one of my "consciences" spouts it back to me daily anymore. It goes like this: "Lack of bravery, i.e., accepting the consequences of busting the myths) on your part at the time does not constitute my need to apologize or pay restitution for your personal PTSD-evoking experiences now." It's a stern hind-sight critic I'm learning to deal with and thus I cannot and need not apologize to you for those crimes against your young psyche. PS: Still learning to be less fearful of recriminations for bucking bad-cop authoritarians.

If your tale is true, do you have badge number? Did you tell your folks at the time? What about corroboration of your story by friends who were with you at the time? What have you left out about clashing behaviors on those days to which you refer?

I guess all that's left is to tell you to claim "personal" reasons for not going to airports and/or flying nowadays. This probably can't fly as a SEVERE limitation of your daily activities, but hey...most paranoia stems from some truthiness from past learning, no? But, I'm just not the one to condemn your experiences and I won't.