to the 'fart rape' and 'temporary form of PTSD' crowd

Your weakness as a human being diminishes their legitimate struggle and sacrifice. Stop it.

Front Page Edit:

Some people think I am saying that people with PTSD from non-military experiences are lesser than others. I was actually talking about this quote describing firing an AR-15, and thought more people would recognize it (the guy has since apologized):

"The recoil bruised my shoulder, which can happen if you don't know what you're doing. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable."

From this article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/firing-ar-15-horrifying-dangerous-loud-article-1.2673201

As for the fart rape, it doesn't matter whether 'fart rape' was a joke or not. It represents the issue that people who have been raped have gone through an extremely traumatic experience, and it diminishes their trauma to say that anything else is rape. It doesn't matter if it is farting, spreading your legs on a train, looking at a person (no matter how creepily, it still isn't rape), or even shouting vulgar obscenities at a woman as she passes by. The fact is, rape is rape, and don't water down the meaning.

In short, everyone has difficult things. Some things are definitely more difficult than others. Don't diminish more difficult things by calling some less difficult things the same thing.