If the poster had said, "The FAA is wasteful and does not need to exist" that's perhaps an interesting topic that could be discussed. "They're over-paid over-pensioned trawling YouTube all day" doesn't really lend itself to a useful discussion IMO.

Maybe it's subtle but attitude matters.

being an immigrant with no vested interests with any political movement, during the 15 years here i found the conservatives' alleged "anti-government stance" is among the biggest and most blatant propaganda lies. They are trigger happy to expand the government power and reach whenever it helps to squash the "bigger evil" - people's liberties and freedoms (with the white people's gun rights being the only exception). Voter ID laws for example. Birth control. AETA laws. Or just google ALEC ...