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What made Chelsea Manning hide her true identity?
The Guardian ^ | August 22, 2013 | Paris Lees

Posted on 08/22/2013 9:59:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

former Bradley Manning's decision to suppress her identity until after her trial shames society and the US justice system.

It's official. Bradley Manning is a woman and will be known, from now on, as Chelsea Manning. Turns out Manning can keep a secret. So why did she feel it was so important to hide her true identity? You might regard her as a traitor. Perhaps she's your hero. Regardless of how you view her, though, she deserved a fair trial. Today's statement raises the question: why did she feel the need to suppress her transgender status until the trial was over? What exactly was she on trial for? Leaking information or being a man?

Manning knew, and was advised, to downplay her true identity. We know that people are more likely to be convicted in the US if they have black skin and also that they are likely to face harsher sentences. The same, it seems, is true of transgender people...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; bradleymanning; espionage; homosexualagenda
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Am I crazy or is the rest of the world?
1 posted on 08/22/2013 9:59:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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His penis?


2 posted on 08/22/2013 10:00:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The world has gone insane in a very big way.


3 posted on 08/22/2013 10:00:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Um, he only started hiding his true identity after the trial.


4 posted on 08/22/2013 10:04:33 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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All leftist are insane


5 posted on 08/22/2013 10:05:07 PM PDT by GeronL
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Isn’t it too late to try to try for a Section 8 now that the trial is over.


6 posted on 08/22/2013 10:07:33 PM PDT by GraceG
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She? Ugh

Instant ‘self-identity’ crap again - it’s maddening.

Around here we call them ‘Shims’
She-Him morphed to make “Shim’
It’s grammatically incorrect but cooler sounding than He-Shes
;)


7 posted on 08/22/2013 10:09:56 PM PDT by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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Here they are known as Shims or Tahitians. Not sure where the Tahitian part came from, I guess that’s what transvestite exotic dancers were called.


8 posted on 08/22/2013 10:23:27 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Most of the commenters at The Guardian web site are as stupid as the writer. As long as Manning had a dick he’s a man, no matter what he wants to be called. You’re a man, Bradley...at least physically.


9 posted on 08/22/2013 10:38:42 PM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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“If we say something is true that you think is a deliberate lie, you are wrong and we are right because shut up.”


10 posted on 08/22/2013 10:44:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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Not the world but the “universe of the mass media,” that are comprised of over 50% of homosexuals.


11 posted on 08/22/2013 10:47:21 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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As long as Manning had a dick Y-chromosome he’s a man...

Fixed it.

12 posted on 08/22/2013 10:48:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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Will a test be used to determine if he/she will be sent to a male or female prison?

“She” could probably have a great career if sentenced to a “male” prison.


13 posted on 08/22/2013 11:31:17 PM PDT by tdscpa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are tax payers going to get the bill for his shots and whatever else he has to do medically to pretend he’s a girl?


14 posted on 08/22/2013 11:52:10 PM PDT by uptowngirl
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Are polar bears white?


15 posted on 08/23/2013 12:05:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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Yeah, I see him fluttering his little lace-clad hands in the air now.

"Ashley, Ashley..."

Just shoot him and put an end to this nonsense. He may well have endangered our servicemen by his traitorous release of classified information.

16 posted on 08/23/2013 12:54:16 AM PDT by EinNYC
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I’ll bet by 2017 he’ll have a better job and lifestyle than you or I have.


17 posted on 08/23/2013 3:26:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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The pretend-to-be-gender-confused strategy is old and tends to fail, whether in fiction or in real life. This could get rather uncomfortable for him if the little sissy goes to a men's prison after announcing that he thinks of himself as a woman.

18 posted on 08/23/2013 3:43:33 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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There’ll be pressure to put him in some sort of solitary confinement or otherwise treat him with kid gloves. He's an international cause célèbre. I doubt he'll stay in the US Disciplinary Barracks for long. They'll pardon or commute his sentence ‘ere long, is my guess.
19 posted on 08/23/2013 3:47:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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Hey Paris....it’s a HE, NOT a SHE....quit referring to him as her!! IDIOCY and PERVSRSION gone wild.


20 posted on 08/23/2013 4:00:05 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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