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I get that you're totally gay for Bradley Manning, but his being gay, hardly turns this complicated, messy situation into a clear cut for the gays or again' 'em issue, no matter how you analogize it.

I'll even cop to being something of an Obama apologist, but you seem deeply confused, as Commander-in-Chief Obama is arguably proceeding against Manning in this Court Martial.

Lastly, single issue advocacy isn't everything but it is a powerful tool for propositions that have widespread support across disparate groups, like the idea that gay people are people.

So, in addition to Bradley Manning, what else do you want in your pro-gay purity test?
Posted by Bradley Manning, No Matter How Gay, Is Also Other Things]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:33:39 -0800 The Stranger Katherine Olejnik and Matthew Duran Are Free

Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!! And it's about fucking time !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And as far as that austerity/sequestration bullcrap:

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/26/bi…

Posted by sgt_doom]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:38:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:08:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:40:54 -0800 The Stranger
Word to the wise: single issue advocacy is divide and conquer by the soon-to-be divided and conquered. Exhibit A: the gains of the early 1970's have been almost entirely vacated. How could gay rights be any different?
Posted by Che Guava]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:13:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by YakHerder]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:58:17 -0800 The Stranger
@6 "Cowardly perhaps, but one can hardly blame them."

Single issue advocacy is best when it sticks to it's lane.
Posted by Bradley Manning, No Matter How Gay, Is Also Other Things]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:55:04 -0800 The Stranger
Perhaps those groups do not see it politically the same way you do. Some people actually think he is a traitor, and his sexuality as completely irrelevant. I would hope those groups would step up, but it is possible they do not view it as a gay rights issue.

Or maybe being as their jobs and lives are contigent on those non-profits, they do not want to put the non-profit at risk by aiding a possible traitor.

As people with nothing to lose in the matter, it is easy for us to decree what others should do, but it is a more complicated matter when you have a dog in the fight.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:51:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:43:50 -0800 The Stranger
Setting aside that Manning is standing on the strong side of the UCMJ regarding illegal orders, the question stands: gay rights are for the popular?
Posted by Che Guava]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:22:41 -0800 The Stranger
Cowardly perhaps, but one can hardly blame them.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:09:50 -0800 The Stranger
Discuss.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/22/b…
Posted by Che Guava]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:59:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:50:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:24:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pick1]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:10:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:02:06 -0800 The Stranger