Am I weirding you people out yet?

Gordon wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 11:03pm:

not cutting your hair for 20 years- ?   Mine is long  but I cant stand it any longer than back length- too much work and windy days drive me nuts-

Grendel wrote on Aug 30^th, 2018 at 6:18pm:


What does US hating have to do with this?  She's a bloke?  Big deal.....so was a nominee for Australian of the Year and you did not murmur about that.  Southern claims she is a bloke as well, yet she was allowed in....schit stirring liar, notwithstanding.  Not that I care about that.  She should have been allowed in.

So should this Manning person.  Yes, s/he was given a punitive sentence......but relevantly......commuted by no less a person than the President of the USA.

Duttons allows his mate's au pairs in ~ totally and completely disregarding the advice of his own Department, so come on Mutton, get on with it.  Let s/him in.  What's s/he gonna do?  Visit a Mosque or perhaps a Synagogue.  Cause a breach of the peace?  Steal Government secrets from her Hotel Room?  Cause riots.....what is the danger here, Mutton?

Bobby, is Manning a homo, and if so how is that relevant?

Grendel wrote on Aug 31^st, 2018 at 7:43am:


How is that relevant?

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 31^st, 2018 at 10:22am:


Are you a 'tranny' pessary.......your gender says you are a female, but everybody seems to refer to you as a male (albeit a cowardly one)...........which is it pessary?

I'm curious?

By David French
August 10, 2017


For some on the left, revolutionary identity politics covers the worst of sins.

If Bradley Manning had stayed Bradley Manning, would he still be in prison? If Bradley Manning had stayed Bradley Manning, would he be basking in celebrity, enjoying fawning photo shoots? Given the magnitude of his crimes, I dare say that he’d be in prison today if he still identified as a man. Then he’d be nothing but what he actually is, a garden-variety traitor — a faithless soldier who should count himself fortunate not to face capital punishment.

It’s worth remembering what he did. He disclosed, in a gigantic document dump, more than a million pages of classified information, including information about American military operations, American diplomacy, and American allies. The Obama administration was forced to rush to safety foreign friends whom Manning had outed as helping Americans. He broke faith with every relevant provision of the Army’s warrior ethos — he abandoned his mission, he actively aided the enemy, and he acted with stunning disregard for the lives of his comrades. He did so because, acting on his own authority, he decided he wanted to stimulate “worldwide discussion, debate, and reforms.”

To be clear, this wasn’t whistleblowing. He didn’t identify a specific wrong and expose it responsibly while taking care to minimize the harm of disclosure. He just disclosed documents without regard for their contents. He didn’t know if anyone would die because of his actions. He didn’t know to what extent vital missions or programs would be compromised. He just did what he wanted to do. There was no honor in his action. None.

And now look at him. He’s the subject of a fawning Vogue profile and photo shoot:

These kinds of celebrations are not just morally abhorrent; they’re deeply polarizing. They represent the idea that the rule of law — even when the subject is murder or treason — is contingent upon the politics and racial or gender identity of the lawbreaker. Americans on opposing sides of the ideological divide are given a signal — that when it comes to advancing the radical cause, not even human life or national security can stand in the way. There are no lines that can’t be crossed.

This is what radical identity politics does. It twists and distorts normal moral analysis. It declares that the ends justify the means, and then goes even farther to say, “By any means necessary.” This is an unacceptable ethic not just for a constitutional republic but for any form of civil society. Allegedly “mainstream” media outlets, politicians, or organizations that honor or respect the likes of Manning, Rivera, or Shakur cover themselves in shame.