Melissa Harris Perry uses "PTSD" for political gain

There are so many things Perry got wrong in this speech. For staters, 9-11 did not give the nation "PTSD" and if she understood what PTSD was, I doubt she'd stoop so low. 9-11 was a shock to the nation and yes, it caused PTSD in the people living in New York while having to walk past the destruction year after year reminding them the planes hit there and the towers fell there. Reminder of the day their sense of security was shattered and how evil could cause so few to do so much to so many.

The rest of us were in shock but after a few months of being one nation that was attacked we returned to the many groups of this nation and returned to being divided.

It was around this time that all the cable news giants cut their cord to decency and the greater good for a political side where average people lost.

Average Americans don't spend our days talking about politics. We talk about our families, hopes and dreams as well as our fears. How do we pay our bills? How do we afford to take care of our health and worry about the day when our bodies give out. Right now we're not so much worried about when our kids take over and "have to pay our debt" as much as we worry about how to take care of today.

What do we hear from politicians and people on cable news? A foreign language we don't understand even though these talking heads say it is how we feel and what we worry about.

Now Perry joined the growing voices using PTSD for a political point. While we live with PTSD and try to help each other heal, they use it. There are many things that make my blood boil and this is one of them.