Good Lawd, folks. We've all bought into the American exceptionalism mentality. Buy whatever you want, whether you can afford it or not, so along as your Visa isn't declined. We don't want to be one of those "democratic socialist" European nations with single-payer health care for all. We're the smartest, best educated people on the planet--although the assertion is at wide variance to the facts, etc., etc., etc.
Now it's we can fly safely without the need for intrusive searches--except for those passengers who look middle-eastern and have Arabic-sounding names, of course. Sorry, but I'm on the side of the TSA. Have any of you ever flown El Al? It has the most stringent security of any airline, complete with background checks. There hasn't been a single terrorist incident aboard one of its planes since adopting its high-security protocols. The Israelis learned from their mistakes...I wish we would, too.
Unfortunately, we don't know that "Mr. Don't Touch My Junk" or someone like him doesn't intend harm to an aircraft and its passengers for a whole myriad of reasons: mental illness, anti-government fervor, Islamic jihadism, suicide for profit, whatever. We live in a dangerous world and the TSA is attempting to mitigate our risk. If you really can't live with the new procedures, take a bus, train, ship or automobile. It will certainly make me feel a whole lot safer, when I'm in the air, that the TSA prevails in this argument and not "Mr. Don't Touch My Junk." Sadly, however, no security regimen is foolproof, but given the threat level, this is a step in the right direction.