The law triggered LGBT activist James Kirchick into action hence he erected, in line with instructions given in ''[[After the Ball]]'', ''"a campaign to vilify the victimizers" that "is going to enrage most fervid enemies"'' of LGBTI [[ideology]]. Thus, when he joined a discussion on ''[[RT]]'' (a global news network whose call letters replaced the name ''Russia Today'') about [[Bradley Manning]] in a LIVE panel, instead of speaking about the matter at hand, Kirchick chose to partake in a self-promoting rant that was not at all related to the topic. While putting on his "gay-pride suspenders" he broke forth into protestations against the ''"horrific environment of [[homophobia]] in [[Russia]] right now"'' and treated ''RT'' staff with reproaches like ''"I don’t know how journalist like you can even sleep at night and see what happens"'' and ''"Everyone in this network should be ashamed of yourselves."'' His rant included complaints ''"against a horrific anti-gay legislation that [[Vladimir Putin]] has signed into a law, it was passed unanimously by Russian Duma that criminalizes homosexual propaganda."'' However he gave no reaction to point when he was invited to come over and verify the situation face-to-face.<ref>{{cite web |title="35 years: ''RT'''s on-air discussion panel anticipating Manning's sentence" |publisher=RT Live |date= 21 Aug 2013 |pages=1min:30sec |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1NI2yEMWc4&feature=youtu.be&t=83 |quote= |accessdate=30 Jan 2017}}</ref> | The law triggered LGBT activist James Kirchick into action hence he erected, in line with instructions given in ''[[After the Ball]]'', ''"a campaign to vilify the victimizers" that "is going to enrage most fervid enemies"'' of LGBTI [[ideology]]. Thus, when he joined a discussion on ''[[RT]]'' (a global news network whose call letters replaced the name ''Russia Today'') about [[Bradley Manning]] in a LIVE panel, instead of speaking about the matter at hand, Kirchick chose to partake in a self-promoting rant that was not at all related to the topic. While putting on his "gay-pride suspenders" he broke forth into protestations against the ''"horrific environment of [[homophobia]] in [[Russia]] right now"'' and treated ''RT'' staff with reproaches like ''"I don’t know how journalist like you can even sleep at night and see what happens"'' and ''"Everyone in this network should be ashamed of yourselves."'' His rant included complaints ''"against a horrific anti-gay legislation that [[Vladimir Putin]] has signed into a law, it was passed unanimously by Russian Duma that criminalizes homosexual propaganda."'' However he gave no reaction to point when he was invited to come over and verify the situation face-to-face.<ref>{{cite web |title="35 years: ''RT'''s on-air discussion panel anticipating Manning's sentence" |publisher=RT Live |date= 21 Aug 2013 |pages=1min:30sec |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1NI2yEMWc4&feature=youtu.be&t=83 |quote= |accessdate=30 Jan 2017}}</ref> |