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How Do You Feel About Non-Military Reporters Claiming That They Received "PTSD" From An Event?
A few years ago, it was reporter Gersh Kuntzman, who claimed that he received "PTSD" from firing an AR-15 on a rifle range. On July 19 of 2024 a White House staff member, Keisha Lance, stated that she got "PTSD" from hearing a speech by Donald Trump.
I have 22 years in the military, with a tour in Vietnam, and I can pretty-well handle the anxiety in my life, but I think that saying such things, especially for political purposes, really shows a narcissistic disrespect for those persons who have sacrificed a chunk of their lives in combat or emergency situations, seen & experienced horrific things, and are continuing that sacrifice by needing to make a constant effort to keep those "demons" from controlling their lives.
What are your thoughts?
A few years ago, it was reporter Gersh Kuntzman, who claimed that he received "PTSD" from firing an AR-15 on a rifle range. On July 19 of 2024 a White House staff member, Keisha Lance, stated that she got "PTSD" from hearing a speech by Donald Trump.
I have 22 years in the military, with a tour in Vietnam, and I can pretty-well handle the anxiety in my life, but I think that saying such things, especially for political purposes, really shows a narcissistic disrespect for those persons who have sacrificed a chunk of their lives in combat or emergency situations, seen & experienced horrific things, and are continuing that sacrifice by needing to make a constant effort to keep those "demons" from controlling their lives.
What are your thoughts?
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Posted 2 mo ago
I would buy that Evan Wright and Sebastian Junger could suffer from PTSD, but being on a firing range or listening to a speech just makes a whiner.
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Posted 2 mo ago
PTSD isn't just experienced by Veterans and First Responders. I know a lady who was raped............she has PTSD
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MSG Lonnie Averkamp
2 mo
I believe that your point was respectful, but I was a cop for 22 years, and being the first man in the door on over 50 drug raids, seeing a kid dead from his head crushed by machinery, and numerous other calls might have affected my computer, also. But I was specifically addressing veterans, because we probably have the largest condensed per capita amount of folks with different degrees of PTSD - - and also, this is a veterans' forum.
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Kisha Lance Bottoms was Mayor of Atlanta during riots. A Criminal in a drive through passed out. When police arrived to arrest him the criminal struggled, got a cops teaser and ran. The criminal pointed the teaser at cops and was assigned a dirt nap. The married criminals girl friend showed up at the fast food facility and burned it down. There were days of rioting. The remains of the burned restaurant was turned into a “sanctuary” that was controlled by gun toting thugs along with the road by the “sanctuary”. This went on for several days until finally a guy drove through the “sanctuary” with out paying proper homage and the thugs shot up the car and killed the drivers six year old daughter in his car. Lance Bottoms then removed the thugs and the franchise organization tore down the restaurant. Oh, cops were thrown under the bus right and left. Example, a couple of girls ran a police barricade, when cops finally stopped the car the girls locked the doors and refused to exit the car. The cops broke the car windows and had to taser the girls to arrest them. The ever truthful media only showed the cops breaking windows and using their teasers. Like the good liberal she is Lance Bottoms fired the cops with out knowing the whole story. The cops sued Atlanta and got their jobs back. How do you preside over a fecal feature presentation like that then get PTSD from a speech. I don’t think she has any idea what PTSD is. She is just F ing up again like she did in Atlanta
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MSG Lonnie Averkamp
2 mo
Very "good to know" background information. I was aware of the general facts that you mentioned, but I didn't know that particulars of the players. Good job of connecting the dots.
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