Nurse at Center of Furor Over Homophobic Remarks Made to Marine Has Left Dallas VA

• SPUD, aka Couch Potato watching FOX TV.

• Please don't associate us witches with idiots like this, thanks :)

• Eh,.....that's a Nursing License Ed.

• I've dealt with the VA for quite a number of years, going back and forth, to them to receive help with my PTSD and Depression. They can be quite confrontational with you, when you are at your weakest, and I believe this is something that is inherent in their system. While being an in-patient, a nurse their told me,"that I shouldn't be feeling the way I did, because I had two arms and two functioning legs"....even though I wasn't there for my arms and legs, but what was going on in my cranium. Yes, they can be real insensitive a-holes and I send my heartfelt deepest wishes for nothing but good things for Ms.Garatie....Godspeed!

• As a family nurse practitioner, I am sickened by the way this patient was treated. Please know that professional nurses who are REAL professionals care for every person with dignity and respect

• The last thing I want to hear about is this Person on the Christian Talk show circuit Whining about being Fired by the VA for her ZOMBIE following beliefs

• Don't know much about the VA or depression do you ?

• A person in the throes of depression being berated by an authority figure is likely to descend further, rather than reacting by defending themselves.  That's what depression is.  If you already consider yourself in a less-than-ideal way, and the person you've gone to for help decides that it's time to kick you when you're down, odds are you're just going to sink further.  That's what depression does to you.  If you've never felt that, then you're luckier than a lot of us.

• I think for those that are not gay it has been at times difficult to understand the different types of discrimination that gay people encounter.  Here was a situation where you had a person at a time of vulnerability (depression) sought help from a medical professional who seemingly failed to provide the appropriate a medical/psychological intervention, but instead pushed her own agenda which could have easily had the effect of making the patients health worse.  In my view she should not have been just retired from the VA, but her nursing license also needs to be reviewed by the competent authority.   

• Spud, Decent people don't respond to verbal attacks with violence. That's what our courts are for - and it's why you right-wing psychos hate the DOJ.

• Rewarding her  with a lifetime pension was the wrong move. People who behave this way should be fired outright.

• A simple "Fuck You...mind your own business!" and optional punch to the gut would have taken ten seconds...........instead it became a "three hour tirade". Who the hell can sit there for three hours? This is less about a VA nurse and more about someones need for drama in their life.

• Absolutely infuriating that Garatie or anyone would have been subjected to this kind of ignorance.  So glad the witch nurse will "retire from federal service."  Why don't they just say they fired her homophobic ass?   

• Adios mofo

• That nurse needs to be separated from her medical license, too.

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