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Rep Omar talks about her PTSD - RWers act like the monsters they are (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
I don't know who said it first, but it's true Va Lefty Jan 2020 #1
Maya Angelou. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #2
Thank you Va Lefty Jan 2020 #3
The debased base needs constant feeding. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #4
A long time ago, I asked my Somali girlfriend about her experience as a refugee... ck4829 Jan 2020 #5
And taking a break from not caring about veterans to pretend to care about veterans? Really, Jim? ck4829 Jan 2020 #6
I know for a fact what war can do to a child Skittles Jan 2020 #7

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
5. A long time ago, I asked my Somali girlfriend about her experience as a refugee...
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 09:56 PM
Jan 2020

She didn't talk a lot about it, she said "I saw people die in front of me" (When she was a child) and that was it. I didn't press it, it clearly bothered her.

These tools won't give Rep. Omar the same courtesy.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
7. I know for a fact what war can do to a child
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 10:48 PM
Jan 2020

my mum, freaking out at the smell of rubber in the shoe department of a store, because it reminded her of the gas mask she wore during air raids in England, FIFTY YEARS AGO....she had asthma and had a hard time breathing

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