Iindaba zeendaba izolo ibonisiwe ukuba Bradley Manning, eyaziwa ngokubanzi ukuba yi-gay, yayikhethwe ukuba ibe yinye yeeMarshals ezinkulu ze-San Francisco gay pride parade, ebizwa ngokuba yi-LGBT Pride Celebration Committee. Xa i ukubuya umva okuqikelelweyo kwenzeka ngoko nangoko, umongameli weBhodi yeSF Pride, uLisa L Williams, ngokukhawuleza wabamba, wakhupha ubugwala, ingxelo ekhohlakeleyo oko kufuneka kufundwe ukuze kukholwe.
UWilliams ubhengeze ukuba "uManning akayi kuba yintshatsheli enkulu kumbhiyozo we-San Francisco Pride walo nyaka" kwaye wabiza ukhetho lwakhe "yimpazamo". Utyhola konke "kubasebenzi" obenze isibhengezo kwangethuba ngokusekwe kwivoti yokuqala, kwaye uyasiqinisekisa sonke ukuba umenzi-bubi "wohlwayiwe": uqeqesho. Emva koko utyhola uManning โngezenzo ezibeke kwingozi [Sic] ubomi bamadoda nabafazi bethu banxibe iyunifomu": ubuxoki obungenazo zinto zakuqala isasazwa ngamagosa aphezulu omkhosi wase-US okwathi kwabakho isigqibo kwaye ngokubanzi debunked, nkqu amanye amagosa karhulumente (eneneni, ngurhulumente wase-US ngokwakhe, hayi uManning, onetyala "lezenzo ezibeke ngendlela eyingozi kubomi bamadoda nabasetyhini bethu kwiyunifomu"). Kwaye ke, kwinxalenye yam endiyithandayo kwingxelo yakhe, uWilliams wayalela onke amalungu ombutho ukuba "kwanophawu lwenkxaso" yezenzo zikaManning - kunye nengcebiso - "ayiyi kunyanyezelwa bubunkokeli beSan Francisco Pride". Ayisayi kunyanyezelwa.
Ekuqaleni bendingenanjongo yokubhala ngesi siqendu, kodwa okukhona ndisifumanisayo, kokukhona sityhila ngakumbi. Ngoko ke makhe siqwalasele nje iingongoma ezimbalwa eziphakanyiswe kuko konke oku.
Ekuqaleni, nangona nentwana yenkxaso kaManning ayisayi kunyanyezelwa, kukho uluhlu olude lweenkampani ezinkulu ezisebenza njengabaxhasi bomsitho abamkelwa ngezandla ezishushu. Uluhlu lu Apha. Ibandakanya i-AT&T kunye neVerizon, iingxilimbela ze-telecom ezithi yenze ukuba kubemi baseMelika bavalwe ngokungekho mthethweni ngolawulo lukaBush kunye ne-NSA yayo, kuphela ukuya ukugonywa kwakhona kwiCongress kwaye ukhuselwe kulo lonke ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye nobutyala boluntu (kubandakanya a Isimangalo sasiwa eSan Francisco ngokuchasene naloo mashishini ngabathengi babo ababethotywe ngokungekho mthethweni). Kwinyanga ephelileyo, i-AT&T yayi ihlawuliswa yi-OSHA ngenxa yokusilela ukukhusela omnye wabasebenzi bayo abahlaselwe, kwaba ifunyenwe yiFCC kunyaka ophelileyo ukuba abathengi abahlawulisiweyo kakhulu ngokutshintshela ngokufihlakeleyo kwizicwangciso ababengafuni, kwaye ngoku ukumangalelwa ngurhulumente wase-US "ekutyholwa ukuba ukuhlawula urhulumente ngokungafanelekanga kwiinkonzo ezenzelwe abantu abangevayo nabangevayo abafowuna ngokuchwetheza imiyalezo kwiwebhu."
Uluhlu lwabaxhasi be-SF Pride lukwabandakanya iBhanki yaseMelika, ngoku uyamangalelwa nge-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngurhulumente wase-US ngezityholo zokubandakanyeka kwiskimu esicwangcisiweyo sobuqhetseba bokubambisa imali eyathi iGqwetha lase-US layibiza ngokuba "yi-specially brazen in scope". Kwinyanga nje edlulileyo, umxhasi ofanayo we-SF Pride ufumene intlawulo yerekhodi ngenxa yokungawuhoyi umyalelo wenkundla yaye endaweni yoko uzama ukuqokelela imali yokubambisa kubanini-zindlu abangabaqeshwanga nto leyo eyayingenalungelo layo. Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-SF-Pride-sponsoring Bank of America ihlawule i-2.4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ukuhlawula izityholo zabanini-zabelo ukuba abaphathi beBhanki "abaphumelelanga ukuxela ulwazi malunga nelahleko kwi-Merrill Lynch kunye neebhonasi ezihlawulwe kubasebenzi baseMerrill Lynch ngaphambi kokuba i-brokerage ifunyenwe yi-Bank of America ngoJanuwari 2009 nge-18.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola."
Omnye umxhasi othandekayo weSF Pride, uWells Fargo, ikwanjalo "imangalelwe yi-US ngamakhulu ezigidi zeerandi kumonakalo ngenxa yamabango ebhanki yenza iimali-mboleko ze-mortgage ngokungakhathali ezibangele ilahleko kwinkqubo ye-inshorensi yomdibaniso xa behlulekile". Kunyaka ophelileyo, uWells Fargo wayekho ihlawuliswe i-3.1 yezigidi zeerandi yijaji yomanyano ngokuzibandakanya kwihambo eyathi inkundla yabiza "into engcikivo kakhulu" enxulumene nokutshutshisa umninimzi osokolayo. Ngo-2011, ibhanki yayi ihlawuliswa ngurhulumente wase-US "ngokutyholwa ngokutyhala ababoleki ngetyala elihle kwiimali zokubambisa ezixabisa kakhulu kunye nokuxoka kwezicelo zemboleko."
Kwakhona kwi-Good Standing kunye nebhodi ye-SF Pride: I-Channel ecacileyo, i-media outlet ephethwe yiBain Capital esasaza iinkqubo zikanomathotholo ze Rush Limbaugh, uSean Hannity kunye noGlenn Beck; ingxowa-mali yomhlalaphantsi uyamangala lo mxhasi we-SF Pride ngokwenza imali-mboleko ephantsi, engaphantsi kwemarike kwinkampani engumzali esokolayo. Isigebenga sokhathalelo lwempilo uKaiser Permanente, omnye umxhasi onebhongo weSF Pride, nguye ngoku iphantsi kophando ngamagosa aseCalifornia ngezityholo zokunyhashwa kwabucala okukhulu ngendlela yokudiza ngokungenankathalo iirekhodi zesigulana ezingama-300,000, kwaye ngaphambili bekujoliswe kwizityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho nezoluntu, eyathi yazinzisa, ngokulahla isigulana esingenakhaya, esanxibe ilokhwe yasesibhedlele, kumgca wokutyibiliza.
Ke, kuyabonakala ukuba, eyona migangatho iphakamileyo yokuziphatha kaLisa L Williams kunye neBhodi ye-SF Pride isebenza kuphela kwabaselula nabangenawo amandla omkhosi wabucala abenza isenzo sesazela ngokuchasene nomatshini wemfazwe wase-US, kodwa wanyamalala kwangoko kwiinkampani ezinkulu kunye neebhanki ezibambe isandla. ngekheshi. Eyona nto siyibonayo apha yindlela awona maqumrhu makhulu nawonakeleyo hayi urhulumente kuphela kodwa nenkcubeko. NakwiSan Francisco Gay Pride Parade, yakha yayisimboli ebonisa ukuchasana kwenkcubeko kunye nokungahoywa konqulo olungqongqo, akukho nto inokwenzeka enokukhubekisa i-AT&T kunye neBhanki yaseMelika. Ngomzuzu kwenzeka into etenxileyo (njengoko ichazwa yimigangatho ebekwe ludidi lwezopolitiko kunye noshishino lwaseMelika), nkqu ne-SF Gay Pride Parade kufuneka iscamper, capitulate, icele uxolo, kwaye ithathe isifungo sokunyaniseka kwi-orthodoxies yabo (sinqula umkhosi. , urhulumente, kunye nemithetho yakho). Kwaye, njengesiqhelo, amaqela amakhulu eenkampani akhululwe ngokupheleleyo kwimiqobo kunye nemigangatho esetyenziswa kwabajongelwe phantsi nabangenamandla. Ke, ngelixa uBradley Manning engoyena mntu ungathandekiyo kwi-SF Pride, ii-telecoms ezingekho semthethweni, iibhanki zobuqhinga, kunye nabahlangi bengxowa-mali ye-hedge-fund ye-agitprop yephiko lasekunene elibi bamkelekile kakhulu.
Isibini, ingqondo yobuzwilakhe, elawula urhulumente nomkhosi egquba kwingxelo kaWilliams iyamangalisa. Ayisiwo umthetho ongqongqo wokuba "nokuba luthsuphe lwenkxaso" kaManning "aluyi kunyanyezelwa", nangona oko kuyayothusa. Kwaye ayisosibhengezo esingaqhelekanga ukuba umenzi wobubi "uqeqeshwe". Okubi nangakumbi kukwamkelwa ngokungenangqondo kwamabango angenasiseko amagosa omkhosi wase-US (ukuba uManning "ubeke ngendlela eyingozi ubomi bamadoda nabafazi bethu benxibe iyunifomu") kunye nombono ophakamileyo wokuba naziphi na izenzo ezithintelweyo ngurhulumente, ipso facto. , ayilunganga kwaye ayilunganga. Indlela yokuziphatha inokuba semthethweni kwaye ihlale ihloniphekile kwaye iyancomeka: bona, umzekelo, uDaniel Ellsberg, okanye uninzi lweenkokheli zentshukumo yamalungelo oluntu e-US. Eneneni, izenzo zokungathobeli kwabantu nezazela ezenziwa ngabantu ababeka izilangazelelo zabo esichengeni ukuze balwe nokungekho sikweni ngokufuthi zezona zenzo zincomekayo. Ukulinganisa ukuziphatha okungekho mthethweni kunye nokuziphatha okuziintloni kukuchaza isimo sengqondo somntu onegunya - kwaye kuphawuleka ngokukodwa ukuvela kwinto ebikade ijongwa njengesiseko sokuchaswa kwenkululeko.
Kodwa okukhona umntu efunda malunga namaqela abandakanyekayo apha, kokukhona angothusi. Ngoku ka ngobomi bakhe, UWilliams "uququzelele iiofisi zesathelayithi zephulo lika-Obama" kwaye usebenza kwiipolitiki ezahlukeneyo zeDemokhrasi. YayinguMongameli u-Obama, ewe, ngubani wawisa isigwebo sokuba uBradley Manning unetyala esidlangalaleni phambi kokuba kuchotshelwe ityala lakhe ngamagosa asemkhosini asebenza phantsi kuka-Obama ade aqala, kwaye ulawulo lwakhe lwalululo ifunyenwe ngumphandi ophezulu wentuthumbo we-UN ukumhlukumeza kwaye ngoku umtshutshisa kabuhlungu. Ayonto imangalisayo into yokuba umntu obengumncedisi ka-Obama othembekileyo ufumana isiqalekiso sikaBradley Manning ngelixa ethanda iinkampani ezinkulu kunye neebhanki. uxhase ngemali iphulo lika-Obama kwaye ngubani, kwimeko ye-telecoms, U-Obama uvotele ukugonya).
Into esiyibonayo apha kukuba uninzi lwezona ndawo zinenkululeko eMelika ngoku zizithethi ezikhokelayo kunye nabathembekileyo kumandla karhulumente ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwabo kuMongameli Obama. Ngaloo ndlela sinoMongameli we iSan Francisco Gay Pride Parade isandi kanye njengoSihlalo we-Joints Chief, okanye Sarah Palin, okanye iineocons abathanda imfazwe gay, ekuboniseni nayiphi na inkcaso enentsingiselo kwiLizwe Lokhuseleko Lesizwe njengesona sono sibalaseleyo. Ndingathanda ukuba babheje izixa ezikhulu imali ukuba Williams akazange agwetywe Ukuphatha kakubi kuka-Obama uManning eluvalelweni or ukutshutshiswa kwakhe ngokuyingozi "ngokunceda utshaba". Andithandabuzi ukuba abantu abenze yonke loo nto bebeya kuthululwa ngombulelo ngamagosa eParade ukuba bebekho. Kwiindawo ezininzi zenkululeko kwiXesha lika-Obama - nangoku kuquka i-SF Gay Pride parade - urhulumente wobumbano, umkhosi wakhe, kunye nabatshutshisi bakhe bomanyano kufuneka bahlonishwe kwaye babhiyozelwe kodwa bangagxekwa; bodwa abachasene nabo bangamatshijolo.
Isithathu, xa ndi wabhala kwiiveki ezininzi ezidlulileyo malunga nokutshintsha okuphawulekayo kwimbono yoluntu malunga nokulingana kwama-gay, ndaqaphela ukuba olu phuhliso alubalulekanga kakhulu kunokuba lubonakala ngenxa yokuba imbangela yokulingana kwama-gay ayifaki ingozi yokwenene kumaqela aphakamileyo okanye kwindlela amandla ezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho e-US ahanjiswa ngayo. Ukuba kukho nantoni na, iyawomeleza loo mibutho yamandla kuba idibanisa ngokupheleleyo nangokungenabungozi iqela ebekade likhutshelwa ngaphandle kumaziko asele ekhona kwaye iyabakhuthaza ukuba bawamkele loo maziko kwaye bamkele isimo sabo sengqondo. Esi siganeko sibonisa kanye le nto bendiyithetha.
Ngelixa amanye amaqumrhu esizwe anobuqhophololo amkelekile ukuba aphephezelise iflegi yawo phezu komngcelele, qwalasela into eyenziwa nguManning โ โenoba nenkxaso engayi kunyanyezelwaโ โ eneneni wenzela ntoni. Ukuvuza kwakhe kutyhilwe zonke iintlobo zorhwaphilizo, ubuqhetseba nokungabi namthetho kwicala lawona mashishini anamandla ehlabathini. Bakhokelela ku zininzi lolwazi Mabhaso yeWikiLeaks. Nditsho noBill Keller, owayesakuba nguMhleli oLawulayo weNew York Times ongumgxeki oqatha weWikiLeaks, kudunyisiwe ezo zivuza ngokunceda ukuvusa i-Arab Spring, eyona revolution inkulu yedemokhrasi ebonwe lihlabathi kumashumi eminyaka. Iiakhawunti ezininzi zemidiya kuchaza indlela iintambo zokubhalwa kwezenzo zenkohlakalo ezenziwe ngamajoni ase-US e-Iraq athintele urhulumente waseMalaki ukuba avumele imikhosi yase-US ukuba ihlale ngaphaya kwexesha elimiselweyo: oko kukuthi, yanceda ukuphelisa imfazwe yase-Iraq ngokuphazamisa. Iinzame zika-Obama zokuyandisa. Kuyo yonke loo nto, uManning wayenjalo ekhethiweyo ngabafundi be-Guardian njengoMntu woNyaka we-2012, ngelixa owayesakuba nguMkhosi uLt. (kunye no-2009 SF Parade Marshal) uDan Choi utshilo izolo:
Njengoko sisiya phambili njengelizwe, sifuna inyaniso ukuze sizuze ubulungisa, awunakuba nobulungisa ngaphandle kwenyaniso epheleleyo. . . Ke oko [uManning] wakwenzayo njenge-gay yaseMelika, njengejoni elithandana nabantu abathandana nabo, wayemela ingqibelelo, ndiyazingca ngaye.
Kodwa akukho nanye kwezo zibonelelo zibalulekileyo ezibalulekileyo kubanyanzeli. Kungenxa yokuba ii-authoritarians, ngokwenkcazo, zikholelwa kwi-Goodness egqwesileyo yamaziko anamandla, kwaye bakholelwa ukuba izenzo ezimbi kuphela zivela kwabo bacela umngeni okanye babhukuqe loo mandla. Izenzo ezibi azenziwa liLizwe loKhuseleko lweSizwe okanye iLizwe lokuCandwa; zenziwa kuphela ngabo bachasayo. Ukuba izenzo zomntu zigrogrisa amaqela anegunya okanye zibonwa njengezingavumelekanga, ngoko ke abaGunyaziwe abaLungileyo baya kumjonga umntu njengongendawo kwaye baya kulangazelela ukuzahlula esidlangalaleni kubantu abanjalo. Okanye, njengoko uWilliams esitsho, "kwanombono wenkxaso" kaManning "awuyi kunyanyezelwa", kwaye abo batenxayo kulo myalelo baya "kuqeqeshwa".
Nditsho ne-SF Gay Pride Parade ngoku iphethwe kwaye ibonwa ngamashishini amakhulu esizwe, ngokuxhomekeke kwimiyalelo yawo. Abo baqhuba lo msitho ngamagosa, abathembekileyo kumagosa ezopolitiko anamandla esizwe. Yiloo ndlela ke lo mngcelele watshintshwa ngokungenamthungo ukusuka kumceli mngeni we-orthodoxy, umntu ngamnye kunye noyilo lomfanekiso wenkcubeko ukuya kwenye imfumba yee-aparatchik ezithobelayo ezikhupha izilogeni ezibhengezwa ngurhulumente ngelixa bebajongela phantsi abo bacela umngeni kubo. Ewe, ngokungathandabuzekiyo kuzakubakho ookumkanikazi abarhuqayo abanxibe ngokungaqhelekanga, iiklabhu zezithuthuthu zesini esinye, kunye namaqela achazwa ngokuzingca ngokuthambekela kwabo ngokwesondo okungaqhelekanga ukuthatha inxaxheba kumngcelele, kodwa bayakube bematsha phantsi kwebhanti yeBhanki yaseMelika nasemva kwabalandeli abaphephezelisa iflegi. iLizwe loKhuseleko lweSizwe, uMongameli wase-US, kunye neqela lezopolitiko elilawula ezopolitiko zaseMelika kunye namaziko ayo ezopolitiko nawomkhosi. Ukanti esinye isiganeko esibukhali, esinomdla, esinobuchule, esizimeleyo siye sathotywa saza safakwa kwisiko elithobekileyo nelithobelayo ekufuneka linike imbeko kumaziko anamandla esizwe kwaye ngazo zonke iindleko ziphephe ukubakhubekisa nangayiphi na indlela.
Ayimangalisi into yokuba umntu ochase ngenkalipho nangenkalipho umatshini wemfazwe wase-US uphethwe yidemon kwaye udelwa ngale ndlela. UDaniel Ellsberg wayephantsi kohlaselo olufanayo ngaphambi kokuba aguqulwe kwiminyaka emininzi kamva waba ligorha elikhululekile (nangona uEllsberg waba nethamsanqa lokutshutshiswa yiRiphabhlikhi kunokuba abe nguMongameli weDemokhrasi kwaye ngaloo ndlela, nangelo xesha, wayenenkxaso enkulu; yiza cinga ngayo, uEllsberg uhlala eSan Francisco: ngaba amazwi okumxhasa anganyanyezelwa?). Kodwa inyani yokuba inyathelo lokutshixa, ukucofa isithende, ukuziphatha njengokulinganisa emkhosini ngoku kuvela kwi-SF Gay Pride Parade yazo zonke iindawo iyaphawuleka ngokwenene: ibonisa indlela okugqugqisa ngayo oku kubola koburhulumente.
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