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posted by n1 on Wednesday May 17 2017, @10:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the home-sweet-home dept.

Chelsea Manning has been freed from the Fort Leavenworth military prison, according to a US Army spokesperson:

In January she tweeted that she wanted to move to Maryland after being released, a state where she previously lived. On Monday she tweeted: "Two more days until the freedom of civilian life ^_^ Now hunting for private #healthcare like millions of Americans =P".

Manning will remain on active army duty while her military court conviction remains under appeal. She will have healthcare benefits but will be unpaid, the army says. An online campaign set up by her attorney has raised $150,000 (£115,725) to pay for her living expenses for the first year after her release. If the appeal is denied, she could be dishonourably discharged from the army, US media say.

The mentioned Chelsea Manning Welcome Home Fund. Also at NPR, NYT, and CNN.


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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 18 2017, @03:13AM (8 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday May 18 2017, @03:13AM (#511517) Journal

    Hey, dipshit, she's going to grow her own on the hormone therapy. I've got enough MtF friends to know the process in some detail. At least educate yourself about what you're heaping scorn on.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:36AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:36AM (#511543)

    That's nice. It really doesn't matter. It's a traitor.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:42AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:42AM (#511544) Journal

      In case you haven't figured this out yet, the axis of legal/illegal is not the same as good/evil...and the closer to orthogonal they get, the more things like this will happen. Did she do something illegal? Hell yes. Was it morally right? As far as I'm concerned, also hell yes.

      Legal and moral are not the same thing.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:47AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:47AM (#511564)

      He is objectively not a traitor by the very definition of traitor in the US constitution:

      Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:40AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @07:40AM (#511586)

        or in adhering to their Enemies

        Does this include whole "domestic as well as foreign" thing?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:48AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:48AM (#511566)

    He will never naturally carry a baby.

    Look, I'm basically OK with people being weird, even if it is disturbing. Just don't drag anybody else into it please. I'll even be sort of supportive if there are no children involved and I'm not expected to use a non-male pronoun.

    You're a dude. You're weird as could be. OK, whatever, it's icky but not inherently affecting anybody else very much. It's not much worse than people with horrible acne, obesity, and other grossness.

    If you start demanding I participate in your fantasy though, using "she" and "her", then I'm pissed. If you have kids or make any attempt to acquire them, I'm pissed. If you have a normal spouse who wasn't expecting this, then I'm also pretty well pissed, though less so than with an affair.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @09:46AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @09:46AM (#511610)

      Proof of you having a genetic analysis of Pvt. Manning is missing from your comment.

      Meanwhile, the possible variations of human genotypes other than XX and XY is a significant number. [wikipedia.org]

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    • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:36PM

      by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:36PM (#511726) Journal

      He will never naturally carry a baby.

      Sarah Connor [wikia.com], is that you?

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:39PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:39PM (#511784) Journal

      I won't ever naturally carry a baby either, because unless Yahweh decides to make me the next Virgin Mary, lesbianism is 100% effective birth control. What's your fucking point?

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