Bonespurs45 dismisses troops' traumatic brain injuries as "headaches...not serious"

[Tanuki]

From the stage in Davos:

Link to tweet

[treestar]

1. There's nothing he won't spin

no matter how disgusting.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Official diagnosis from Dr. Bonespurs

Freakin' idiot.

[lark]

3. Nobody else's pain matters to him.

At least they don't have bonespurs.

[bullwinkle428]

4. This was fucking infuriating when I heard it this morning.

[Botany]

5. You never get over T.B.I. it is not just a headache.*

How can anybody in the service ever vote for Trump?


* The blast's shock wave hits the body and the brain slams against the skull and after that it
is never the same.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/2/150217-shell-shock-ptsd-tbi-world-war-one-ied-veterans-administration-science/

[Tanuki]

6. Thank you for posting the link to the National Geographic article on TBI

[Botany]

7. I linked to the wrong link ... 210,000 TBI for our G.I.s since bush and Cheney started their wars.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/blast-force.html

[UTUSN]

8. Should anything shock us anymore?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Trump is an asshole

What an asshole trump is,and stupid as shit. Claiming soldiers injuries are not bad when it's bad.

One step away from saying soldiers fake thier injuries for attention or money,free healthcare or whatever bullshit he claims about things he knows nothing about.

[Tanuki]

10. He has previously blamed PTSD and suicides on soldiers who aren't "strong"

and "can't handle it."




https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-donald-trump-remarks-ptsd-suicide-roils-vets-20161004-htmlstory.html

"On Monday, the Republican presidential candidate addressed the Retired American Warriors PAC in Herndon, Virginia, where Marine Staff Sgt. Chad Robichaux asked whether Trump would support funding holistic approaches to helping veterans treat PTSD and other injuries sustained in combat.

Trump gave a 285-word answer but the crux of his remarks was focused on these four lines:
"When you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from war and combat and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over and you’re strong and you can handle it. But a lot of people can’t handle it. "....(more at link)

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. I have ptsd

From my past, flashbacks triggers
Etc. I am dissociative too.

I watch closely what rethugs say about PTSD and mental illness.
Because if PTSD is deemed not a real problem or injury by these self serving assholes we may face cuts that will interfere with our treatment.

The repukes being as nasty as they are actually manage to get enough people to believe PTSD and mental illness aren't t real disorders or mental injuries we are fucked.

If the repugnants push lies and propaganda about PTSD and mental illness,which they know nothing about there will be bad things done.

Anyone who has PTSD and other trauma based issues and mental illness they will suffer such stupid and cruel bullshit the trump assholes will do to civilians and all the soldiers with PTSD.

I don't doubt they'll just do deliberately harmful shit to suffering people just to "prove "thier beliefs and biases and ignorance are "fact".

They'll attempt to cut programs and other help and it will be a disaster for anyone with these disorders or any kind of mental illness as well.