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rogue emissary

(3,214 posts)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 09:59 PM Aug 2017

Friends like these, who needs enemies.

Chelsea E. Manning‏
"oh no, racism and hatred are bad m'kay, don't do it, m'kay" 😳 we can do better 😎🌈💕 #WeGotThis



The Tweet she is responding to is below.

Hillary Clinton‏
My heart is in Charlottesville today, and with everyone made to feel unsafe in their country.



I'm posting in the AA forum because this about a public figure mocking racism and bigotry. I get disliking one politician or another. I'm as guilty as the next person.

This tweet is a prime example of someone so blinded by their hate of a candidate. they'd childishly mock the sympathy and compassion that Hillary expressed to minority communities. It shows me how little Manning thinks of minorities and I won't forget it.

I'm not trying to refight the 2016' Primary or attack Manning for releasing government secrets.
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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. who picks on someone at a time they are offering empathy and unity ? And a serious event
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:13 PM
Aug 2017

isn't a time for silly emojis
Clinton was an adult and made a heartfelt statement to the area and anyone shook by this incident
Who picks on someone at a time they are offering empathy and unity??
Don't forget identity politics are bad thing so I guess it's a subject you don't have to address seriously

The Polack MSgt

(13,417 posts)
3. PFC Manning committed a serious crime. She served an appropriate sentence
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 10:31 PM
Aug 2017

So I don't want to pile on or become the screaming rage troll over her comments.

I just want to point out that of the two women in this situation, one served a long and honorable career, and the other Did Not.

PFC Manning deserves to live a safe life.

However, she has forfeited any right to denigrate Secretary Clinton.

She does not have any moral authority to judge a person who has exceeded her in every moral and professional facet of their lives.

I'm all about rehabbing felons, but sometimes they need to STFU

JI7

(90,427 posts)
5. she is trying to make herself feel better about the part she played in Trump's election
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 05:41 AM
Aug 2017

wikileaks was behind many of the attacks against Clinton .

JI7

(90,427 posts)
4. the response about how chelsea needs Hillary to be evil in order to feel better about what she did
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 05:33 AM
Aug 2017

and helping to bring Trump about pretty much says it all.


MrScorpio

(73,709 posts)
8. I was never a fan of Manning...
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 03:02 PM
Aug 2017

Stealing government classified materials and handing them over to our adversaries doesn't earn my admiration.

If she stayed behind bars for the entire 35 years of her sentence, I'd have no qualms about that at all.

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