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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It was still pretty dumb. IT has nothing to do with strength of the individual and what they can handle. I know that doesn't mean he is calling PTSD sufferers weak, but it still shows a lack of knowledge about the issue. Every soldier has different experiences and some not getting PTSD could just mean that they didn't see the same things. And sometimes people "handle" some pretty grave stuff and then it is one event that is relatively benign in isolation that puts them over the top.
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Absolutely. You'll get no argument from me suggesting he's not dumb. The statement reveals a lack of understanding of how PTSD works that puts PTSD in the same column as most everything else he comments on. This is just one more area he's obviously totally clueless about. The more he speaks, the more he reveals about what he doesn't know. The ignorance is astounding.
That being said, it wasn't in any way a suggestion that people who suffer from PTSD are weak. In fact from reading it it seems like he was trying to be compassionate and say "some people come home and can adjust, and some can't". Compare that to what he said about John McCain - "He's a hero because he was captured, I prefer people who weren't captured". Now that is some callous, disrespectful stuff. This, not so much.
It's really irritating to me that people want to turn every issue that should be about "Trump knows nothing about anything and has elevated ignorance into an art form," into "look what a terrible person Trump is, shame him, shame!"