Sarah Palin's son, domestic violence, PTSD and his reported struggles with anger and second chances

[TexasTowelie]

When Iraq War veteran Track Palin, the oldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was arrested for the first time on domestic violence charges in 2016, his mother suggested his attack on his then-girlfriend stemmed from the “ramifications of some PTSD.”

At the time, Sarah Palin’s remarks generated limited sympathy. Veterans groups blasted her for apparently trying to blame her son’s alleged violence on post-traumatic stress disorder, Foreign Policy reported.

The groups also believed she was using a serious mental health issue to deflect her son’s responsibility as she was stumping for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Moreover, they didn’t like that the former GOP vice presidential candidate seemed to be reinforcing the stereotype of the psychologically unstable, violent veteran, Foreign Policy added.

Sarah Palin’s PTSD comments could take on new urgency after Track Palin, 29, was arrested Friday night for a third time on domestic violence charges, this time for allegedly assaulting a female acquaintance.

Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/10/01/sarah-palins-son-domestic-violence-ptsd-and-his-reported-struggles-with-anger-and-second-chances/

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

1. Women....

Dating this guy is hazardous to your health.

Do women get into a relationship with him thinking, "well, he's only assaulted TWO women, and he had a good excuse."

[Novembrist]

2. Maybe it's because he's "DANGEROUS!"

Apparently, according to "surveys" by paragons of objective journalism like Cosmo and Redbook, a lot of women are turned on by that. Oy!

[PaulX2]

3. Cut Him Some Slack

Look at his vile evil treasonous parents.

He never had a chance.

[3Hotdogs]

4. All-in-all, they are a sad family.

[marble falls]

5. Track Palin's military record

https://military.id.me/news/is-track-palin-a-combat-veteran/

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We’re actually not sure how a scanned version of his discharge papers ended up on Twitter, and it’s hard to say with absolute certainty that they are legitimate. But as you can see in the tweets below, the image is successfully discrediting Track’s military service regardless of whether it’s true or not.

@jaykirell Was he in combat? This says he wasnt pic.twitter.com/z4CSviJ4ij

— Elsa Lion (@ElsaLion2) January 21, 2016

The image indicates that despite being stationed in Iraq in an infantry unit for a full year, Track Palin didn’t earn the Combat Infantryman Badge. In fact, there are no war decorations listed at all. To be deployed with the ‘Arctic Wolves’ Stryker brigade and not participate in a single firefight for a whole year sounds like its own achievement.

An Iraq war combat veteran named Jason Kirell also wrote on Twitter that he had met Track during his military service. He wrote that based on his memories of Track, he didn’t believe he saw combat or that his domestic violence arrest was connected to PTSD.

Speaking as a combat vet who literally slept in the same barracks as Track Palin, his mother is wrong and her son is not a victim.

— Jason Kirell (@jaykirell) January 21, 2016

After his tweet began to circulate, Kirell clarified that they didn’t ‘serve’ together. They slept in the same barracks, but were in different BCT cycles.

For the record: A: I didn't "serve" w/ Track Palin B: I did sleep in the same room he did C: In basic, months later I don't *know* him.

— Jason Kirell (@jaykirell) January 25, 2016

Kirell does give Track Palin the benefit of doubt, though.

@ElsaLion2 all I'll say in fairness to him is that his mother claimed he was a combat vet, not him.

— Jason Kirell (@jaykirell) January 21, 2016

Between dubious documents and the personnel testimony of one veteran who didn’t even serve in Track’s unit, the case against Track Palin isn’t exactly solid. And even if it was, who cares? As Kirell points out, it was his mom who hinted that he saw combat in the first place, not Track.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, a real disorder that harms real combat veterans has been pushed to the side.

It looks like PTSD turned into a portable chew toy after all.