Is Identifying yourself as a veteran potentially dangerous?

I would like to believe that the type people who volunteer to put them selves in harms for the protection and betterment of their nation would be trusted a bit more. However I have only been retired a little over a year now and I have been ask if am stable, or if I safe to be around which is a ridiculous thing to ask someone if you think about it. But I guess that is what I get for living in libral ass Vermont.

I'm proud of my label as a Veteran. I, along with everyone here, did something that less than 1% of the total population can say they did. I live with PTSD and a TBI everyday. But yet, I'm holding a full time job, raising two amazing kids and involved in my community. I think the moment we let people say it is bad to use this label we take something away from our brothers and sisters-in-arms who aren't here to take part in life.

Hello Captain, on the article you pointed to stated: " Glen M. Gardner Jr., national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, disputed claims that Homeland Security analysts were describing veterans as terror threats." In the state of New York my ID states on the top left corner 'Veteran", Kind of makes me wonder. Either way I responded with an unsure because I personally don't know what's in the mind of those making accusations nor what intentions they have. But if they drag me into there philosophy of thoughts, then I will be apart of a group called Veterans of which I'm proud of.

When I heard about that report I was standing in the rear of a Tea Party gathering downtown, just to see what they had to say. I had run into an old friend of mine and ended up standing with 3 other veterans. One of the guys I had just met got a call from his wife who told him about the report....I think the people around us thought we had gone crazy the way we were laughing.....

I proudly identify myself as a vet. The only people I worry about is idiots in government who classify us as potential terrorists because we believe in the Consitution.

I have no worries in identifying myself as a Veteran and have never had any issues. Just the opposite, I let folks know. I also let them know that I was the Commander of the very first VFW Post in the country for 5 years and break their stereotype image of what the VFW is all about.

It is a sad time to be a veteran, this is redirection, pure and simple, in-line with the DHS/Administration talking points. I am glad to see the GOP protest and think this is an outrageous attempt to talk up a different threat than the most persistent and 'real' threat of radical Islam.

CPT (Join to see), thank you for posting a provocative question. My first thought was that identifying myself as a veteran was significantly less threatening than identifying myself as a postal employee. Going postal still brings images of carnage to many. I don't know if it predates Son-of-Sam [postal employee] going on his rampage in NY City in the 1970's or not. Certainly veterans have killed and that many novels and movies have used deranged veterans going on vendettas as the sub-plot.
For various reasons I think the general public's view of veterans as sympathetic: news of the numbers of WWII veterans dying with positive honor-flight coverage; human interest coverage of surprise service-member visit for birthday, first prom dance, and other significant events; news that veterans are committing suicide [even when the numbers were inflated]; and the vast numbers of homeless veterans have all improved the image of veterans in most people's eyes.

Look, something else to be offended about. In all seriousness, I think the same could be said for any extreme group. It's the same reason that gangs and other groups send their people through boot camp.

This is how veterans are undermined by those on the left that have never cared for, understood or respected the U.S. Military. Creating reports that focus on veteran as possible radicals is exactly how you undermine the publics perception of veterans. This is character assassination of a very patriot group of Americans by a government hell bent on dividing an vilifying some for their own political purposes.

Is identifying yourself as a veteran POTENTIALLY dangerous? Just about anything is potentially dangerous these days. It seems even more likely when you consider how your government, the one you served, views you.