The grandparent doesn’t express any personal belief about the veracity of Manning’s confession. Her or his last sentence is the important one: “People feel tha

The grandparent doesn’t express any personal belief about the veracity of Manning’s confession. Her or his last sentence is the important one: “People feel that ‘innocent until proved guilty’ is not really an issue because of those two things (i.e. because Manning confessed and is in the military) and arguing against that feeling (i.e. the feeling of people that Manning is guilty) is a colossal waste of time, when what you actually want is to convince people that Manning shouldn't be treated like he currently is, period.” (Emphasis and annotations in brackets mine.)