'I am Chelsea Manning,' says jailed soldier formerly known as Bradley
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#2Hopefully this thread won't degenerate into anti-transgender comments like so many others today. Obviously Manning has needed mental health treatment for quite some time. Hopefully he can get what he needs while in prison. It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help.
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#3I find this news extremely disturbing, why make such an announcement with a posed photo the day after his sentencing?
Re: 'I am Chelsea Manning,' says jailed soldier formerly known as Bradley
#4Hopefully this thread won't degenerate into anti-transgender comments like so many others today. Obviously Manning has needed mental health treatment for quite some time. Hopefully he can get what he needs while in prison. It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help.
"It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help."
Why do you say that? Before now, he[she] lived a life, with plenty of opportunities to get help, or help him[her]self.
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#5Seriously we have to do something about that type of articles making the front page of hacker news. It's getting out of hand lately.
Re: 'I am Chelsea Manning,' says jailed soldier formerly known as Bradley
#6Hopefully this thread won't degenerate into anti-transgender comments like so many others today. Obviously Manning has needed mental health treatment for quite some time. Hopefully he can get what he needs while in prison. It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help.
I don't see how the taxpayers should pay for this. One of the reasons the comments are so negative is because it feels like a smokescreen and/or a last attempt at sympathy.
I don't care if he wants to become a girl, but he should wait until his/her time is served.
I wonder if military prisons are monitored/protected any better than civilian prisons when it comes to that 'other' stuff.
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#7Hopefully this thread won't degenerate into anti-transgender comments like so many others today. Obviously Manning has needed mental health treatment for quite some time. Hopefully he can get what he needs while in prison. It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help.
"It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help." Why do you say that? Before now, he[she] lived a life, with plenty of opportunities to get help, or help him[her]self.
He acted out while in the Army, obviously behaving in a way that showed his superiors that he needed help, yet they did nothing. He was even busted back down to PFC from SPC. Yet, they put him back on the job.
On top of that, he was living in the "don't ask don't tell" world of the military at the time, risking discharge for admitting that he was gay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Manning#Deployment_to_...
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#8I find this news extremely disturbing, why make such an announcement with a posed photo the day after his sentencing?
Maybe she feared that this announcement could negatively affect her lawsuit if published before the sentencing.
Maybe she also feels, that it is necessary to inform the public in order to make sure, that she gets the medical treatment.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
"It's just too bad that prison is where he has to go to get help." Why do you say that? Before now, he[she] lived a life, with plenty of opportunities to get help, or help him[her]self.
He acted out while in the Army, obviously behaving in a way that showed his superiors that he needed help, yet they did nothing. He was even busted back down to PFC from SPC. Yet, they put him back on the job. On top of that, he was living in the "don't ask don't tell" world of the military at the time, risking discharge for admitting that he was gay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Manning#Deployment_to_...
He was not born in the Army, mate.
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#10I find this news extremely disturbing, why make such an announcement with a posed photo the day after his sentencing?
The defense released that photo during his (her) trial, and used his (her) gender identity issues as part of their case during his (her) trial. I don't think that this is really breaking news.