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Crowman2009

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46. It had the opposite affect on me.

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 07:11 PM

Jan 5

Once I left and had my one & only Iraq deployment, it started me on a left-wing trajectory. Of course luckily myself and a lot of other Marines were more into getting laid, watching porn, cranking up music and drinking; than right-wing fuckery at the time.

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Vegas Cybertruck Bomber Who Called for 'Purge' of Dems Deemed Not a 'Risk' to Public [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 5 OP

well at least hes out of the gene pool... samnsara Jan 5 #1

True... but it does not make me encouraged by their "intel" ability NotHardly Jan 5 #45

I had a cop stop and talk to me. multigraincracker Jan 5 #2

You Don't Look The Type... GB_RN Jan 5 #32

.... "he sought mental health treatment,..." IcyPeas Jan 5 #3

Did he... 2naSalit Jan 5 #4

They keep mentioning PTSD. But, yeah, i dont know if he actually saw anyone. IcyPeas Jan 5 #6

Last time I heard... 2naSalit Jan 5 #9

re: "The word 'sought' seems to imply that he probably made an appointment but unclear of anything after that." thesquanderer Jan 5 #18

Thanks. 2naSalit Jan 5 #21

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse taxi Jan 5 #28

He WAS evaluated. Whether he was evaluated WELL is a different question. thesquanderer Jan 5 #43

It's Not Just The VA... GB_RN Jan 5 #34

Interesting since he was still active duty military... Historic NY Jan 5 #20

I would like to know those answers too. StarryNite Jan 5 #33

Just as I thought johnnyfins Jan 5 #5

The military is cranking out extremist. Blue Full Moon Jan 5 #13

about reagan i started noticing the radical christians rampartd Jan 5 #17

I would suggest the military doesn't "crank out" militants. Violence-prone militants are attracted to military service Martin68 Jan 5 #35

Cookie cutter Blue Full Moon Jan 5 #38

Doesn't Fox Propaganda play at military bases? not fooled Jan 5 #24

Yes indeed Blue Full Moon Jan 5 #39

The promised purge of Democrats maxrandb Jan 5 #7

Mental illness help Blue Full Moon Jan 5 #8

and was found not to have been homicidal or suicidal. taxi Jan 5 #10

modern psychiatry is still in the dark ages. mopinko Jan 5 #11

And then those drugs stop slightlv Jan 5 #15

Gave me tremors. Took them in the 90s and multigraincracker Jan 5 #29

I got into it with a mental health person once. OldBaldy1701E Jan 6 #47

Hopefully he hadn't reproduced yet. Let him be the last of his line. slightlv Jan 5 #12

He had a new baby jvill Jan 5 #27

If someone denies suicidal ideation Seinan Sensei Jan 5 #14

Hollowed-out propaganda zombie. nt The Unmitigated Gall Jan 5 #16

I'm pretty much not friends anymore Puppyjive Jan 5 #19

Yes I have seen it. Blue Full Moon Jan 5 #40

When I was a teenager in the 1970s, our society didn't adulate/worship the military wolfie001 Jan 5 #22

Was standing in line at the store and guy was talking about multigraincracker Jan 5 #30

Wow! wolfie001 Jan 5 #42

Just asking...if someone in our military says Democrats need to be killed, Bluethroughu Jan 5 #23

Possibly an administrative discharge but not a DD jmowreader Jan 5 #26

MAGA are a violent people and a clear and present danger to society. nt City Lights Jan 5 #25

Did an AI write that? Orrex Jan 5 #31

An awful lot of speculation in this thread. I'm waiting for more actual information. What's the point of speculating Martin68 Jan 5 #36

"He didn't look the type," means he was blond and handome-looking. Baitball Blogger Jan 5 #37

So, not a terrorist like Luigi .... hmmmm NotHardly Jan 5 #41

Impressionable young kids are bombarded with right-wing propaganda from the moment they sign up. hadEnuf Jan 5 #44

It had the opposite affect on me. Crowman2009 Jan 5 #46