Courtesy of bradleymanning.org
Because his neverending imprisonment defies logic
Because his imprisonment is
dangerous, dangerous, dangerous precedent
Because he is a mirror to the moral
vacuity that is American power today
Because he has been held in prison
for over 900 days
Because his imprisonment is a
travesty of justice
Because his imprisonment is a mockery
of morality
Because one doesn’t flatten a
molehill with a bulldozer
Because he exposed state-sanctioned murder and cover-ups
Because his 'dereliction of duty' was a service to truth
Because he leaked those classified military
documents for all the right reasons
Because he believed what he did was
the right thing to do – and just
Because Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King were also named 'enemies of the state'
Because no state has the right to be that monstrously secretive
Because he should be an icon to all gay men
Because he should be an icon to everyone who believes in truth and freedom of information
Because he is fast becoming the conscience
of a generation Because he should be an icon to all gay men
Because he should be an icon to everyone who believes in truth and freedom of information
Because he is us
For all these reasons, and many, many more, I found it inevitable and only correct that I make Bradley Manning my Man of the Year for 2012.
Unfortunately, I felt compelled to
do so.
May his ordeal come to an end - very soon - and in the right and morally proper way.
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