In the United States we have freedom to believe what we want, subscribe to any religion we choose, and we have the right to free speech and free thought. Perhaps, this is why the psychologist who was involved in the Fort Hood massacre was allowed to go as far as he did. Even though he had made unfortunate comments about America’s role in the Middle East, and that America needed to be taught a lesson, he was still allowed to serve the United States Army and go to the Middle East to serve his country.

He did volunteer to be in the army, and they did pay for his schooling to become a psychologist. Many of the psychologists we know have been very outspoken about PTSD, and some have even been on television saying that PTSD is the cause of this shooting where the psychologist murdered all those people. Still, this individual had never been in combat, and therefore, he didn’t suffer from PTSD, and that certainly can’t be used as an excuse to murder people anyway.

Nevertheless, somehow that got into the conversation because he didn’t want to go serve in Afghanistan or Iraq because of all the stories he heard as a psychologist dealing with returning Army soldiers who were psychologically messed up from their ordeal. So, is the argument to say that PTSD is contagious? We know it isn’t, but we know when we listen to depressed people too long they make us depressed as well.

Still, one has to ask how much of the Fort Hood massacre can be blamed on the political correctness of the United States Army. Of course, they knew of his religious faith, which is allowed in our Constitution. They knew of his damning comments towards the US military, which is allowed by free speech, and still they did nothing about it, because it is allowed.

The question I have is; if he was a Christian who made those statements, and had those type of connections with radical-ness, would he have also been given a pass, and been able to go on and do something like this? That is the question.