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This is pretty egregious action on the part of SF Pride to denigrate
Bradley Manning in favor of a "support gays in the military"
attitude against peace.<br>
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Bradley's actions should be supported by everyone who cares about
truth in government.<br>
<br>
Don<br>
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<td>SF Pride Afraid of the Pentagon?</td>
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<td>Fri, 3 May 2013 14:02:57 -0400</td>
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<td>Brian Sonenstein, Firedoglake.com
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<td>Don Eichelberger <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:done7777@sbcglobal.net"><done7777@sbcglobal.net></a></td>
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title="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/manning-sf-pride">Show your
support for Bradley Manning at SF Pride</a></p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Dear Don,</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Do you think
honoring Pfc. Bradley Manning would be an "insult to every
one [sic], gay and straight, who has ever served in the
military of this country?"</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> San Francisco
Pride board president Lisa Williams thinks so, and wrote
that they were rescinding Manning's nomination as a Grand
Marshal at this year's parade because his actions "placed in
harms [sic] way the lives of our men and women in uniform —
and countless others, military and civilian alike..."<sup>1</sup></p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> SF Pride may
honor whomever they wish, but to denigrate Bradley and
extinguish the voices of anti-war members of the LGBT
community at the event is despicable. <b>If you're going to
be at the SF Pride parade on June 30th, can you please
consider wearing a Bradley t-shirt or carrying a sign to
support him?</b></p>
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bold;"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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title="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/manning-sf-pride">Click here
to let us know you're attending the SF Pride parade on
June 30th and plan to show your support for Pfc. Bradley
Manning.</a></p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> The mere
possibility that they would appear to oppose the Pentagon
motivated SF Pride's leadership to override the normal
voting process just to exclude Bradley Manning.<sup>2</sup>
Once an homage to impiety, counterculture and dissent, SF
Pride appears to have morphed into a place for Democratic
Party loyalists and other Very Serious People to safely
celebrate while taking great pains not to offend the masters
of war.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> What Ms.
Williams fails to mention is that SF Pride's major sponsors
are exempt from these same standards.<sup>3</sup> Take
sponsors Bank of America and Wells Fargo for example, whose
orgy of illegal foreclosures kicked thousands of innocent
veterans (and countless other Americans) out of their homes,
inflicting far more harm than Bradley's truth-telling.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Sponsors also
include Clear Channel, home to virulent anti-gay voices like
Rush Limbaugh, and AT&T, which assisted government
agencies in illegally wiretapping Americans for years.
Somehow, Bradley Manning's good faith disclosures exposing
the ugly machinations of US war policy make him an
un-American traitor — not the global theft and fraud scheme
perpetrated by money hungry corporations that have actually
destroyed innocent American lives.</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> The hypocrisy
and complete disregard for facts on display should not go
unchallenged. Ms. Williams writes that Manning supporters
have the "first amendment right to show up, participate and
voice their opinions at Pride." Let's show her we're not
afraid to and mobilize as many Bay Area Bradley Manning
supporters to show solidarity with the whistleblower at this
year's SF Pride Parade.</p>
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bold;"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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title="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/manning-sf-pride">Click here
to let us know you're attending the SF Pride parade on
June 30th in solidarity with Bradley Manning.</a></p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> In
solidarity,</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Brian
Sonenstein<br>
Campaign Director,<br>
Firedoglake.com</p>
<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Sources:<br>
1. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d0eb/459a3402/62f309f1/3dc741f4/3892515793/VEsD/"
title="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/04/27/sf-pride-president-capitulates-to-military-groups-announces-bradley-manning-wont-be-honored/">SF
Pride President Capitulates to Military Groups, Announces
Bradley Manning Won’t Be Honored</a>, Kevin Gosztola, The
Dissenter, 4/27/2013.<br>
2. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d0eb/459a3402/62f309f1/3dc741f5/3892515793/VEsA/"
title="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/04/29/former-san-francisco-pride-grand-marshal-who-nominated-bradley-manning-discusses-boards-capitulation/">Former
San Francisco Pride Grand Marshal Who Nominated Bradley
Manning Details Board’s Capitulation</a>, Kevin Gosztola,
The Dissenter, 4/29/2013.<br>
3. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d0eb/459a3402/62f309f1/3dc741ea/3892515793/VEsB/"
title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/27/bradley-manning-sf-gay-pride/">Bradley
Manning is off limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but
corporate sleaze is embraced</a>, Glenn Greenwald, The
Guardian, 4/27/2013.</p>
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