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In reply to the discussion: What is the reason the GLBT Community doesn't support Bradley Manning? [View all]AnalystInParadise
(1,832 posts)identifying one's job and experience level was bragging. I missed that when I received my copy of Koko's DU rules handbook. My pay grade is a mystery as I have not revealed that, nor would I do something as distasteful as say what my current pay grade is. If you are referencing my retired military grade, there are hundreds of DUers that post that, in fact I seem to remember a thread where DUers were asked to post their final pay grade in the military, I think it was a Veterans Day thread.
You are wrong Kookoo, I expect nothing, I post what I have to say and people either believe or they don't. I expect no one to consider me an expert if they don't want to. I expect no one to like me if they don't, and I expect no one to take everything I say as sacrosanct. However, I do expect people to not try and silence me for having a dissenting opinion, but that seems to be a respect I will not receive even though it is one I have given.
People can either believe me or not believe me, the burden of proof is not on me to prove I am who I say I am, that is on you. Some people will recognize from things I post that I am in fact who I say I am. Others who have never been in MI will believe what they want. Some will believe me others will not. What I know for a fact is that anyone who supports Bradley Manning will never believe a word I say because I impugn their precious little darling. I don't waste my time trying to convince them because they have aligned themselves with a criminal and a traitor.
I have never asked anyone to bow down before me, nor will I ever. If you believe I have done this, please cite the posting in which I did this. Because to me it looks like you are posting sour grapes. I impugn your precious little criminal and you flip out. It is a pattern that is common here and why I said I was posting to rebut wildly emotional posts in support of Manning. This is a personal attack on me, you are being very clever and keeping it away from nasty words or other things that are verboten here on DU and I applaud your slyness. Your attempts to goad me into anger, hostility or any other negative emotion will fail. And do you know why? Because I know who I am, I know where I have been, I know the things I have seen in a lifetime of service to this country. And I know what I did for the last twenty years that was a small minute part of protecting this country. And ultimately I know that Bradley Manning will pay for his crimes because there is no other outcome, his court martial is now a formality.
Finally thank you for paying me, you allow me to live in Hawaii with a moderately comfortable existence, so again thank you. If you choose to believe me, great, if you choose to not believe me also great, but we both know if you believe me you likely see Manning as a criminal and if you don't believe me you see him as innocent. Personally I don't have a care in the world if Koko doesn't believe me on Democratic Underground, I neither want or need his/her approval because they support a criminal and a traitor and frankly I don't want someone like that in my corner. So please respond again, it is a cloudy day in Hawaii and I can't go to the beach, so I'll be here.