Comments on: Update 4/27/13: SF Pride controversy: supporters stand for Bradley!

By: Wei-Ting Chen

Wei-Ting Chen — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:10:44 +0000

It’s the US government endangers the soldier’s lives by conducting injustice wars. It is the US government used their troops committing horrendous crimes in other countries. The information leaked by wikileak helped fueling the opposition of Iraq people to the US occupation which forced the Iraq government denied the judicial immunization of US troop, which made US regular forces to evacuate from Iraq completely. This actually saved the US soldiers’ lives by bringing them out the nonsense war fields. Support or troops? This should be the way we support them. The information provided by Manning showed the government lies about the wars and using classification to hide their crimes. However, Ms Williams completely ignore them but focused on the only tiniest suspect of security concern about the troops.

I think the LGBT society should be ashamed to have Lisa L Williams to be the president of the board. Of course she has the right to oppose Manning, but it is just shameful to use some shit as her reason.

If we look at why people are fighting about gay rights, one important reason is the fight for equality or you can say it’s a fight for basic human rights. Manning helped revealing those ugly truth and the inequalities caused by the US government and its troops. I cannot imagine anyone who fights for equality can feel so comfortable to ignore the tragedies caused by the military and just accused that the leaked cable can endanger US solders.

I think people can just celebrate Manning by themselves. Lisa L Williams and the board organization are not qualified to do so.

By: Deb Spilko, Erie Gay News Co Editor

Deb Spilko, Erie Gay News Co Editor — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:06:15 +0000

Very shameful!
Bradley is heroic and what he did took courage.
Shame on these organizers and weasel words they use to defend their disgusting actions

By: jay

jay — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:29:13 +0000

Absolutely disgraceful. She’s either lost her moral compass, or never had one to begin with. Perhaps she’s been lying in wait to slither into bed with corporate scum.

By: Vittorio Lancia

Vittorio Lancia — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:20:57 +0000

Straight but not narrow. White. Male. Bradley is my brother and my hero.

By: doug

doug — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:26:15 +0000

IMO SFPride should be shunned. An alternative should be developed; for instance, an Occupy type gathering could go a long way to separating the human cause of LGBT rights from inhumane corporate control of the event.

By: TBond

TBond — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:34:55 +0000

As Kevin Gosztola highlights in his article linked in the above comment, detractors are mostly from the military and are depending on lies to defend their personal/group opinions. Kevin wrote:

“—Stephen Peters, president of the American Military Partners Association, who demanded SF Pride rescind honoring Manning and told AP:

Manning’s blatant disregard for the safety of our service members and the security of our nation should not be praised…No community of such a strong and resilient people should be represented by the treacherous acts that define Bradley Manning.”

Stephen Peters can be contacted at stephen@militarypartners.org

By: A. Humanist

A. Humanist — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:31:59 +0000

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/04/27/sf-pride-president-capitulates-to-military-groups-announces-bradley-manning-wont-be-honored/

By: Kevin Gosztola Saturday April 27, 2013 10:28 am

Thanks for the excellent response to the SF Pride reversal.

For further details, see the above referenced article is a good analysis of what is behind the behind on this matter.

Peace.

By: Jerry W Barnes

Jerry W Barnes — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:54:14 +0000

YES! Now is the time for the rest of us to stand up and refuse to be silenced by the cowardly apparatchiks.

By: Jeffery Mullins

Jeffery Mullins — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:00:54 +0000

I’m a gay Vet as well and I support Bradley one hundred percent. What SFPride did was completely disgusting and cowardly. We need to have one huge protest at the SF Pride Celebration when it starts.