Teakake:
I'm not sure why you jump to the assumption that people are ganging up on him or discriminating against him. The job was given to another veteran who was more qualified. Other people who applied congratulated him while this guy chose to stop talking to everyone. I don't understand why you would be so dismissive of the other workers concerns by calling them ninnies either. While they do have the option of finding employment elsewhere, being around an abrasive person who rants and watches videos of people dying is something that any reasonable person would be concerned about, and that includes the other veterans working there. No one is causing him problems. He is causing problems for himself.

We know the guy needs help, but he is not the kind of guy to voluntarily get professional help. He is the kind of guy to call psychology a quack science.

In regards to people claiming to have PTSD, that is why I asked about him here. I wanted to hear other opinions as to whether or not he is just scaring people to get his way. I did not want to comply with a faker anymore than I wanted to dislike a guy for having PTSD. The unfortunate scenario here is that this is a person who has spent most of his life as an a-hole but now can potentially get away with acting like an a-hole to people because he now also has PTSD. It would be nice if the two could be separated.

Openeyes:
The possibility of childhood sexual trauma did cross my mind. One thing that confuses me though is that he is perfectly comfortable making jokes implying other people at work are pedophiles. Enjoys it even. One guy told a funny story about answering his door naked at home because he knew it was a friend of his that he was pranking, but this guy thought it hilarious to suggest it was a girl scout. Odd behavior for a person with child sexual trauma.