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"Kip Hawley is an Idiot"

Liquids are not allowed, liquids-are-okay-in-a-quart-bag, toothpaste will be confiscated--on September 26th Flyertalker MKEbound decided enough was enough. Instead of continuing to post about how the TSA was imposing unreasonable rules on passengers while ignoring bigger threats, MKEbound (a Wisconsin man) went somewhere between crazed vigilante and Martin Luther by writing "Kip Hawley is an Idiot" on a plastic bag containing toiletries, and proceeded to pass through security, where he was ultimately detained.

MKEbound details the situation on Flyertalk:

I was detained for about 25 minutes today after passing though the TSA checkpoint at MKE terminal E.

He grabbed the baggie as it came out of the X-ray and asked if it was mine. After responding yes, he pointed at my comment and demanded to know "What is this supposed to mean?" "It could me a lot of things, it happens to be an opinion on mine." "You can't write things like this" he said, "You mean my First Amendment right to freedom of speech doesn't apply here?" "Out there (pointing pass the id checkers) not while in here (pointing down) was his response."

At this point I chuckled, just looking at him wondering if he just realized how foolish that comment was, but I think my laugh pushed him over the edge as he got really angry at this point. A Milwaukee County Sheriffs deputy was summoned - I would have left at this point, but he had my quart bag with my toothpaste and hair gel.