Trans Rioter: Bullying Turned Me Into An Oath Keeper

[tenderfoot]

Law & Crime reports:

Surprising a federal judge with her 11th hour decision to testify, transgender Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins told jurors about the bullying and abandonment she faced over her identity. When her secret got out, Watkins said, she was shunned by her parents, went “AWOL” from the Army, and ultimately found a homecoming both with her family and a paramilitary group whose leadership is now on trial for seditious conspiracy.

Watkins received an “other than honorable” discharge from the U.S. Army when she absented herself without leave to Alaska. She had lived and presented as a man during the time of her service, and she said a member of her unit learned about her identity when he borrowed her laptop. “I know who you are, faggot,” she recounted the soldier saying, imitating the man pointing his finger.

Read the full article. The jury was then shown video of Watkins herself calling members of the Capitol Police “faggots,” which she attributed to deeply ingrained self-loathing. Last February, Watkins sought pre-trial release, saying that she feared her treatment by fellow prisoners. Watkins in the past has threatened “class action” lawsuits against critics of the Oath Keepers.

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[Caliman73]

1. People do idiotic and irrational things... this is one.

First off... Where did you get that awesome smiley. I want it!!

Second, sure I can see how feeling alienated can make you more vulnerable to influence. What I don't understand...at all, is why the hell she would fall in with the very ideological movement that would have her killed as an abomination. There are communities of trans people who would likely welcome her. Right wing militias?

[Gore1FL]

2. So Stockholm syndrome? nt

[TheRealNorth]

7. Its like on Elementary School

You join the bully making fun of the other kid in hopes that the bully won't turn on you.

[keithbvadu2]

3. I just cannot see the Oath Keepers as a tolerant and understanding bunch in this situation.

[LeftInTX]

4. Sounds like a flimsy defense!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. The Steady Diet Of Jones Was Required By Whom?

Ah, yes. She voluntarily became an avid listener to a show people had known, since it's origin was wholly disconnected from the truth.
No sympathy here.

[czarjak]

6. Logic!

[gay texan]

8. Bullshit.

I had run ins with oafkeepers.

They flat out hate anyone that's LGBT