re: #340 Justanotherhuman

I feel very sorry for Manning because he had such a fucked up childhood, but still, there is no excuse to physically attack others for what you yourself don’t take care of, esp those you perceive to be “weaker” because of their sex. I think his lack of self-esteem, his very identity, contributes greatly to his anger and his lack of control over any aspect of his life.

Very true it is no excuse. I just wonder if it might be a contributing factor to his outbreaks of violence. There are people out there that are using this to say “See gays in the military …”, but he is not saying he is gay. He is saying he is transgender which isn’t the same thing. He might be attracted to men because he feels he really should be a woman which, in a round about way, would make him hetro. I have know many gay men that have no feeling that they should have been born female, they are male attracted to men.