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Do you remember how she was treated during her 7 year stay in prison? I am sure it will be easy for her to explain "Violating the Espionage Act, stealing gover

• noobermin 9y ago
  There is a nuance here. The Dems are better. They are better than republicans on this, but they certainly aren't good enough. That is the unfortunate part. But if you definitely want a better chance for civil liberties, voting for R's will hurt you worse than if you vote for D's, significantly so.
  • CWuestefeld 9y ago
    But if you definitely want a better chance for civil liberties, voting for R's will hurt you worse than if you vote for D's I suppose that depends which civil liberties are more important to you. You'll find that Democrats are pretty awful if you value your right to self-defense, or if you don't think the government should be able to use eminent domain to take your property and give it to a wealthy supporter. Some of the details may be different, but they're both different sides of the same coin. I don't see that one side is significantly better than the other overall.
  • aaronbrethorst 9y ago
    Chelsea Manning seems to agree that the Democrats are better, too. Otherwise, I don't think she'd be running for Senate as one: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chelsea-manning-files-us-senate-bid-maryland https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chelsea-manning-files-us-...