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[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (9 children)

What is up with military vets going on wild killing sprees this past week?

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 62 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Untreated PTSD with a large dose of hate speech and propaganda.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Ding ding ding. On the nose. You win a gun.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Could be violations to their constitutional oaths by their erstwhile leaders spurring them on

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

does it really surprise you that people trained to kill would… kill?

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To some degree yes. About half the males in my high school graduating class went to Iraq and Afghanistan, most saw combat, and I don’t think any of them would go on a killing spree like the past two. I work along side many veterans, including ex special forces, and I don’t believe they would go on a killing spree.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are very different war veteran experiences out there and very different ways of coping with them.

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not denying that. And I also admit that veterans are taking their lives way too quickly. One guy I know, marine sniper, fought in Fallujah during the worst of, he suffers a lot. Can’t really keep a job for more than a year. He’s had nearly all of the guys in his squad that came back alive commit suicide over the last 15 years. It’s beyond tragic what some of these guys are going through.

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

this is an excellent thing to bookmark. Veteran suicides far outpace the national average when controlling for population. 22 is a number all veterans are aware of, meaning 22 veterans a day die by suicide.

In the times we're living in, no support, no healtcare, no help, homeless veterans... its easy to see how the situation becomes hopeless.
So you have 22 people a day, trained for violence, giving up, becoming pessmisitic, nihilistic.... It's honestly a wonder we haven't seen more cases exactly like this.....

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You dont "think?" So were just hoping and praying they wont? Yikes

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Technically not trained to kill but to fight and for any fight that isn't decentralized then wounding is actually more useful since dead people stop using resources whereas wounded soldiers do not.

[–] Forbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago
[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Just a little government inflicted PTSD.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

I would like to guess. Is many who are still working for the gov were forced to go in from their PTSD free remote jobs, now forced in office.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Couldn't the priest just throw a holy hand grenade to the demonic veteran and then use a sawed off shotgun like doom guy to finish it off?