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Australia flags denying U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning entry visa
Australia has signaled it is preparing to ban U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, the organizer of the engagements said. Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House at the weekend.
However, Suzi Jamil, owner of the company organizing Manning's speaking tour in Australia, said late on Wednesday Manning had received a notice from the Australian government informing her Canberra was considering cancelling her visa. [...] Australian law allows the immigration minister to deny anyone a visa if they do not pass a character test, a broad criteria that affords the government sweeping powers.
Manning is scheduled to travel to New Zealand after finishing her three events in Australia but the center-right opposition National Party has also called for her to be denied entry.
Also at NYT.
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(Score: 1, Troll) by bob_super on Thursday August 30 2018, @11:10PM (10 children)
> about half the people thinking LGBT is sin and the other half thinking it is something to tolerate
FTFY
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @12:30AM (1 child)
What are your thoughts on busty lesbians?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 01 2018, @02:03PM
MY thoughts are: Can I watch?
Oklies if I can't. Just asking. You know, for science. And masturbation. Perhaps with a side dish of potentially joining in if they are so inclined.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Friday August 31 2018, @12:32AM (6 children)
I'm a member of the third half of people who don't really think much about trans-gender people at all, until I meet one. Then I treat them like, you know, a person. br.
There are not very many of them, so I don't meet many.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday August 31 2018, @12:54AM (5 children)
"treat them like, you know, a person", is included in my broad definition of "tolerate".
I used to see a lot of NSH*, living halfway between Boystown and Andersonville, and had plenty of great dinners and parties with a wide assortment of people our Vice-President would run from.
* : Not Strictly Hetero, which is a lot simpler than remembering LGBTQIWTFBBQOMG...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @01:20AM
lickbutt isn't hard to remember
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @01:48AM (1 child)
Yeah, *some of my best friends are queer*
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday August 31 2018, @04:20PM
"tolerate" doesn't necessarily carry a negative connotation. I was just FTFYing someone, going for the closest word to what they used.
> *some of my best friends are queer*
Indeed, and I spend time with them every week. We regularly joke that hetero is the minority (at the table).
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday August 31 2018, @02:42AM (1 child)
I'm not sure your Vice-President would run from someone who is NSH (as long as nobody was watching).
There's a dude denying who he really is if ever I saw one.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @06:16AM
"There's a dude denying who he really is if ever I saw one."
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You're projecting, you sick fuck.
And you gays wonder why some of you have been hung on barbed wire.
It's too funny. You insult someone and you expect no retaliation. That means you
have the mind of a child.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @06:51AM
Actually demographics are really changing, of the 40 and under crowd I'd say you could bet on a good 33%, on the pessimistic side, being totally fine with LGBT. That leaves 66% to spread between your two REALLY pessimistic divisions.