tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post1707410385137873875..comments2024-03-20T06:44:28.606-05:00Comments on TransGriot: Chelsea Manning Is No Hero Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-34894365167667657162013-09-14T06:22:55.827-05:002013-09-14T06:22:55.827-05:00But Manning had to leak those documents in order t...But Manning had to leak those documents in order to expose vicious war crimes during an illegal war which has killed nearly a million innocent lives, including many LGBT people. <br /><br />The US military needs to reform before it should have the honour of including LGBT people. Trans and other LGBT should not be banging down the door to get into an unreconstructed imperial war machine; instead, they should wait for it to change, unreservedly apologise for the millions of lives it has taken, in Vietnam, Iraq, Cambodia, Afghanistan and elsewhere.<br /><br />If some people think less of trans people because one transwoman, Manning, leaked state secrets for the greater good, then those people are not worth winning over.<br /><br />But you don't care about Iraqis, or other victims of US policy, do you? It's all about the media narrative in the US, for you, I suspect. For me, and for the many others not desperately trying to win the approval of the establishment, Chelsea Manning is a queer hero.LukeFLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12036517861600755676noreply@blogger.com