Bradley Manning: The Silenced Hero

[delta_mai]

So this follows on from the previous discussion post.  It's a pretty short article and very opinionated.  This would be because I wrote it for a column.  So feel free to pick it apart and post your own opinions, if you haven't had enough of Manning by now!  Again, your views and links really helped me with this article so thank you very much.

Comments

[dance_the_dance]

I really appreciate this post, because your blog is actually the first place where I've heard of him. Of course I knew the Collateral Murder video (and it's literally the most horrifying video I've EVER seen), but I didn't know who was behind leaking it, and I didn't know how he is being treated now.
"Manning did not betray his country. His country betrayed him." TRUE. I'll just say what your tag says - the world is making me angry too.

[delta_mai]

Really? I suggest googling him right away because omg dude. The way he's been treated is pretty terrible. The wikipedia page on him is pretty good, and if you go to the Guardian online they've also got some good stuff on him.

Lol this was something I said to my mum in conversation and was like "omg that's good I'm using that". I love when that happens! And the whole Roman analogy in the other article was totally her :D You should be warned whenever you're talking to me that I will use whatever you say as material for articles or creative writing :P

I have that tag because sometimes there's just nothing more I can say. The little I know about the world has made me so angry I'm dedicating my life to fixing what problems I can.

Also how's it going?! I keep meaning to check up on your posts but my internet's been failing as much as LJ, an unfortunately not at the same time (so whenever my internet works, LJ doesn't!).

[dance_the_dance]

Yeah, I googled him right after your first post about him (the one with the poll). :) I just mean that without your posts I wouldn't have heard about him.

Hee, if I ever say something that's worth it, you're totally welcome to use it. xD

"The little I know about the world has made me so angry I'm dedicating my life to fixing what problems I can."
♥ You rule!

Aw, I'm alright, thanks for asking. :D I don't post as much as I would like to (I'm probably going to make a Firefly reaction post though :P), but I'm so much more relaxed that I used to be. :D Well, nowhere close to actually feeling relaxed yet, but still. ;P Everything is just so much better. :)

[delta_mai]

Oh I'm so glad! :D It's great to know that my post raised awareness.

You're amazing at expressing yourself! Plus you're really profound. I aim to steal your words all the time :P

Aw thanks! It's more privileged white woman's guilt that's driving me. I can't bear that I have so much by doing nothing and others have nothing despite doing so much.

YAAAAAAAAAAY FIREFLY :D And it's great that you're feeling calmer! I know what you mean though - I didn't even realise how fucked my family made me until I was trying to cope on my own and everything was going fine but I still felt awful. So I understand. But trust me, after a while of normality you start to accept it and feel happier :)

♥