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You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams

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As I said earlier: I think its fine to have concerns about Manning being an honorary marshal for SF Pride. But, Williams’ response was so obnoxious that it seems as if she’s auditioning for a position with HRC (say, one that will be in charge of disseminating propaganda to the media about why its okay for gay rights organizations to not hire trans women; and, though I’m trying to avoid the issue because I really think that Williams’ arrogance is the bigger concern here, several people have e-mailed me privately arguing convincingly that SF Pride’s rejection of the Manning is indeed trans-related and would not have occurred but for the revelations that Manning might identify as trans.) And that brand of disgusting Gay, Inc., obnoxiousness is worthy of protest irrespective of what one’s opinion is of Manning. In fact, it should be happening every day in front of every organ

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Community significance

“You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to media, rhetoric, and discourse, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams” provides dated evidence of how media, rhetoric, and discourse was being argued in relation to law and civil rights. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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No dominant policy frame was detected in “You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of media, rhetoric, and discourse may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

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How “Media, rhetoric, and discourse” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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Autumn Sandeen (@AutumnSandeen)

Autumn Sandeen (@AutumnSandeen) · twitter.com · May 4, 2013

Via @transadvocate: You Don’t Have to be For Bradley Manning to be Against Lisa Williams http://t.co/ggdboYfsmx #trans #lgbtqia

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Kat

59 publications · 25 inbound sources/citations