Manning also assaulted a female soldier, SPC Showman, her supervisor, by punching her in the face. This was before Manning started leaking information, and before she presented as a woman. I feel like workplace assault of women should be another part of the conversation here.

The leaks were well prior to the Arab Spring, and the video is well known to have been deceptively edited to give a false impression.

But what makes someone change their mind is important to discuss. Are they changing their mind because of new facts or new information.. or are they changing their mind because of a new group mindset that’s sorta been all over the news lately (and/or a new mindset that one doesn’t want to be lumped in with a ‘bad…

im sorry for such a simplistic response but “oh come on”. You’re telling me a well known actress, completely “in the biz” was completely unaware of the background of one of the biggest directors of all time?

She punched a woman who was her boss. She is incredibly unstable and has a chip on her shoulder.

It was reported at the time of trial despite the fact she didn’t come out as Chelsea yet. You can find it on Wikipedia in like two seconds.

I regret to inform you that it hasn’t gone away. Nor will it while people can still self-select their own echo chambers.

I get it, she may not make a ripple. But she has disrupter potential that could be a big deal. And she doesn’t have any substance to justify it. That’s my concern. I’m not willing to potentionally jeopardize a senate seat because of a dilletante whose main claim to fame is violating federal laws.

Nah, it’s true. They played it more as “gender issues” than straight up being trans, but she deffo tried to use that.

No kidding and I don’t understand if she knows that whole period of her life is going to brought up in an election?

You forgot the part about when one of her defenses, that she affirmatively made to the court, was that the DoD should have known better than to trust a trans person with sensitive information. Seriously.

She also still won’t comment on the record about her leaks to Wikileaks.

Hope she lives a life that she can be proud of, but this is stupid. If anything else, the diplomatic cables she leaked were a clear case of Assange taking advantage of someone in a fragile state and getting her to dump everything she could possibly find.

Right, so buying a pair of Nike’s directly contributes to the plight of the sweatshop worker, but paying to watch a Woody Allen film doesn’t directly contribute to a monstrous pedophile because you think it’s art? I’m having a really tough time following your logic...

smug, sanctimonious keyboard warriors trolling and monitoring their every action like crazed stalkers

I won’t.

i dont understand. It’s not like any new information has popped up in the past 30 years. the internet and information has always existed. I never realized we were all a bunch of a morons...up until 3 weeks ago.

Well, now that everybody’s paying attention to sexual predators in the Entertainment Industry, they can no longer fall back on the “I judge an artist based on his work, not his conduct” excuse, Butters 911!

I know, it’s long past the point of claiming ignorance as to the allegations so they should either stand by their choice or not take part.

A lot of actors are doing this lately. Do a Woody Allen movie, then denounce him. They are trying to have thier cake and eat it too. If you feel so strongly that he’s guilty of the stuff he’s been accused of, than show some conviction and don’t do the movie. IDK, maybe it’s just me. It’s awfully convenient to find…