Stop the presses: the Log Cabin Republicans think anyone cares about their opinion on Chelsea Manning.
“Chelsea Manning is no hero, and the commutation of her sentence is appalling,” said the group in a press release. Well, the LCR’s continued collaboration with the party that turned AIDS into an epidemic is appalling too, but what are you going to do?
“She was imprisoned for traitorous clandestine activity that put military lives at risk. Her actions — and President Obama’s clemency — are nothing to celebrate,” the press release continued. Oh, brother.
In 2010, Chelsea leaked nearly a million classified documents and some video material that she believed showed the United States engaging in war crimes. We’ll be debating the actual impact of her actions for many, many years — a lot of credible people say that it helped spark the Arab Spring and spread democracy in the Middle East; others say that she endangered many spies and put lives at risk.
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Whether she’s a hero or a villain is a complicated question, but what’s not complicated is queer Republicans’ absurd claim to moral high ground, to which the only acceptable response is a hearty belly laugh. The party just adopted its most LGBT-hostile platform in history; the incoming administration is staffed almost exclusively with people who have acted to harm queer people; and Republicans will be responsible for widespread suffering throughout the queer community over the next four years.
So go ahead, LCR, and lecture us on morality from your seat next to the reality television rabble-rouser in chief.
Xzamilloh
Whoo, this is going to be a rough next four years, that’s for sure.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
Gay democrats are appalled this treasonist man isn’t serving his whole sentence too.
Juanjo
@IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou: It is all about proportionality. The sentence was far too long given the actual damage done. Now if it were that douchebag in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, it would be completely appropriate. Manning did not get a pardon, just had the sentence commuted to time served.
MikeColling83
I think it all comes down to whether or not you believe Manning deserved the death penalty for her crimes. If you think she doesn’t deserve to die, then at the very least she should be moved to a female facility.
Opine2
If as you claim this traitorous bag caused the Arab spring, then he is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men, women, children and for every single one of the gay men and boys thrown off buildings and brutally tortured, abused and murdered by Daesh and other Islamic ideology based terror groups.
This person is no misunderstood saint, he is culpable for the rein of terror spreading across the world and deserves to spend his entire life imprisoned, alone and in shame and despair.
Roan
“Gay Republicans Clutch Their Pearls”
Bob LaBlah
They have good reason to be appalled and scared. You see, this little twit is going to make MILLIONS off of book deals, doing speeches, public appearances and will no doubt be flown to Moscow (at the urging of the Jews) to receive the Russian medal of Freedom by midterm elections and then come back home to discuss a movie deal. Once she gets a taste of her first pair of Jimmy Choos’ high heel shoes there will be no stopping her. The queen will just get plum-on-beside-herself. And don’t be shocked when she starts telling you, her rabid supporters here on Queerty, how to start living your lives (that will be her second book or reality show theme).
Obama, you really screwed up on this one. I could understand your pardoning the now MILLIONS of men and women who are still convicted non-violent felons based on the draconian drug laws of the1980’s. That was what I always hoped for. If anyone deserved a second chance its those who mistakenly thought they were walking into an easy million dollars but found out the hard way their hope will now haunt them unjustly for the rest of their lives. Whatever reason you did this is beyond me but it was your decision, a decision that is going to come back to haunt your party.
Bob LaBlah
@Opine2: I totally agree. If I had my way she would be walking around that prison bra and panty-less, which are currently paid for courtesy of the taxpayers.
DarkZephyr
@IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou: Gay Democrats who misgender trans women aren’t worthy of the t Gay Democrats who miss gendered trans women aren’t worthy of the name.
DarkZephyr
@Bob LaBlah: well, look at it this way. If she gets out and makes millions of dollars on book deals and speech tours, your tax dollars won’t go towards paying for her bras and panties.
alanballs
Mr. Obama has been a superb commander-in-chief, and I applaud his decision to commute her sentence, in addition to all the recent presidential pardons. The next POTUS, however, will be a much different story…a rough 4 years ahead; fasten your seat belts.
girldownunder
“…is culpable for the rein of terror spreading across the world and deserves to spend his entire life imprisoned, alone and in shame and despair.”
Right. Manning alone is responsible, not the US gov’t, in any way? Get real. The USA is a global bully that throws it’s weight around any time & in any way it wants. It has deliberately destabilized regions, for decades, for it’s own intent. Manning exposed that & was crucified for daring to do so. You’ve been Stockholm-programmed to “love the captor”.
Herman75
@IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou: Yes. I’m baffled.
inbama
On the bright side, she will be able to stop using that horrendous photo that actually makes Ann Coulter look good.
Bob LaBlah
@DarkZephyr: Hey, look at it this way; at least YOU thought that was funny, hunh? Now lets look at it another way; WHO was the Secretary of State at the time of these leaks and who did your dear Chelsea end up hurting the most with this foolish tirade of hers? Go on, tell the rest of your sisters just how much Twittyetta here looked down the road at the possible consequences of her actions. And one last thing you want to be SURE to tell them; tell them what Sec of State had her true personality (as in what she really thought about EVERYBODY she had to deal with) revealed in those files that he leaked. Go on, tell them. Tell them why Manning and Snowden are cut from the same cloth as to their revelations and reasoning.
Mo Bro
@Opine2: Well-said. Liberals are predictably now martyring this wig-wearing piece of shit.
Perhaps one day one of us will have the pleasure of bumping into “Chelsea” and expressing our gratitude via our own brand of patriotism.
Chevelter
I’m a Democrat and progressive who is appalled also. We have Trumpers who love Russia and progressives who love traitor Manning. What has the world turned into? It is hopeless.
Bob LaBlah
@Chevelter: “What has the world turned into? It is hopeless.”
I wonder myself sometimes. I am willing to bet that at least one quarter of the men and women imprisoned and are non-felons are not only gay but they too are outraged at this. He went above and beyond the call of duty to bring down the very institution that keeps us safe, the military, while the only mistake they made was trying to make a million dollars to put back into the economy via buying things with their “illegal” profits. Its not fair and this is a travesty of justice. Once again bras and panties win out over common sense.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
@Juanjo: His intent was to do as much damage as possible. The American public will never know how many people working for America this traitor got killed during his trans hissy fit.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
@MikeColling83: He’s a man. He belongs in a men’s prison. Still.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
@DarkZephyr: The T is nothing but a parasite group that weakens gay rights. They are the unworthy ones for not being able to pursue their own agenda without using another group.
Shannon1981
@IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou seriously, how can you be gay and be so transphobic? I mean, I don’t agree with everything the other letters in the acronym get up to, but we’re all on the same side in these difficult times. Best not to be divided. Plus, misgendering is just plain uncalled for.
miamistorm
We all know two things in America today are true. First, if Manning wasn’t a gay transgendered person but was rather a straight white male he’d still be sitting in prison for the remainder of his life and that’s just unfair. Secondly, we all know if anybody else besides Hillary Clinton committed just a fraction of the crimes we all know about, then that person would be sitting in prison for the rest of their life. I fought the New York City police in such places as the Stonewall Bar in the late 1960’s for equal treatment of EVERYBODY under the law not only gay people like myself. It sickens me to see how unevenly and unfairly the law in our nation is applied. Many of the people who today call themselves gay activists for Hillary have probably never been beaten by a union member NYC cop who was and still are largely Democrats. In over sixty years the only times I’ve ever seen Democrats help gays and African-Americans are when they wanted our votes. At least with the Republicans, you knew where they stood at all times. Republicans would have never done what Obama and Hillary did by first saying that marriage was between a man and a woman only, then change their talking points when they needed votes to win an election. Trump is gay-friendly and has always been. Sadly the same cannot be said of Obama and Hillary Clinton. Manning committed his treasonous crimes against all Americans and he shouldn’t be treated any differently than any other American would be simply because he’s gay. We fought in the 1960’s and 1970’s for equal rights, not special rights. Special rights only give homophobes just another reason to hate us.