That's a feature. Like telemarketers, TSA agents assigned to grope duty have no justification for staying in their jobs. It should be unpleasant for them.
On the other hand point 2 is well taken, and for that reason I agree that antagonizing them is a bad idea.
I would instead worry that natural selection will make it so that the only people left are those for whom this sort of thing is enjoyable, with everyone else quitting or transferring in disgust.
Having the TSA staffed by perverts whom nobody likes will likely speed the demise of the agency. For example, if it become known that more than one of the agents who pat down children are convicted sexual predators of minors, the public pressure would force the agency to shut down.
That's a feature. Like telemarketers, TSA agents assigned to grope duty have no justification for staying in their jobs. It should be unpleasant for them.
On the other hand point 2 is well taken, and for that reason I agree that antagonizing them is a bad idea.