Oh my god, I’m passing as a millenial? FINALLY!

That’s “institutional racism.” There’s a certain cohort that appropriatedthis academic definition and applied it to the term “racism” as a way to weasel out of being confronted by their own prejudices, often against smaller minorities like Asian-Americans and Jews. For an outside example, think of the virulent…

If she wasn’t trans they wouldn’t care. If the story was white dude assaults female superior, gets pissed again and releases classified information, the headline would read: Toxic Masculinity in Military Leads to Dangerous Data Dump.

But let us not selectively revise history to drive a narrative.

“But let us not selectively revise history to drive a narrative. Manning may have provided a valuable service, but even she has admitted that her initial document dump was not reviewed, unvetted, and she had made no effort to redact information that could have (but ultimately did not) lead to the capture or death of…

You should go back to ironically congratulating people for inappropriate gun use. You know, stick to your strengths. What you’re attempting to do here, this isn’t really one of your strengths.

I’m only dismissing the really ignorant ones. The vast majority got through.

But no somehow the people that are insulting him as he’s leaving are the ‘good guys’.....

“Why am I resigning? Uh, keeping secrets is our entire deal. Those were my goddamn secrets, and if Americans ever learned about the child torture we would be totally fucked. Oh shit. Fuck.”

You and I sir will have to agree to disagree then, because I think she’s beautiful in that picture. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Its pretty bizarre really , like this guy didn’t mud sling or didn’t hurt anybody. He just respectfully stated that this wasn’t a place for him anymore and left. No harm no foul in my book.

If you display courage of conviction, put your money where your mouth is and actually give up your job for your beliefs, that somehow makes you a weenie.

Works for me. If your employer/sponsor does something that you deem objectionable, leaving is probably the best option. It’s up to the ideology of the individual to decide whether that’s boo-/praise-worthy. ::shrug::

Idk, I read the guy’s letter and he doesn’t really seem like the weenie I was expecting at all. I tend to respect people who stand up for what they believe in, not sure about you.

Off topic, but I love that picture of Chelsea. So nice to see after the only photo of her for so long was that grainy black and white one.

“I cannot be part of an organization – The Kennedy School – that honors a convicted felon and leaker of classified information, Ms. Chelsea Manning, by inviting her to be a Visiting Fellow at the Kennedy’s School’s Institute of Politics . . .”

This non-parent-but-daughter-of-a-man-who-made-me-and-my-brother-his-entire-emotional-support-system EMPHATICALLY agrees.

Hey, get out of here with your logic and common sense. Doesn’t fit the narrative here.

*Reads the comments here* Why yes, yes there is.

Jesus fucking Christ. I think you know better.