Posted on 04/04/2015 11:28:05 AM PDT by LSUfan
Chelsea Manning, the transgender Army private imprisoned for exposing national security secrets, has joined Twitter with the help from a communications firm.
The company, Fitzgibbon Media, confirmed that it is handling Manning's account, @xychelsea, posting messages she dictates by phone and telling her about the responses.
Her introductory post went up Friday afternoon. She finished the day with seven more, thanking friends and supporters, expressing the effort it takes to Tweet by phone from prison, and promising "I don't want this Twitter feed to be a one-way street/conversation." By Friday evening she had more than 20,000 followers.
Manning revealed her gender identity as a transgender female while serving 35 years in the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks.
The former Army intelligence analyst has said disillusionment with an American foreign policy bent on "killing and capturing people" motivated the release of the documents, including battlefield reports and diplomatic cables, to the anti-secrecy site in 2010.
A court ruled in March that the Army must stop referring to her as Bradley Manning and must use feminine or gender neutral pronouns in court filings.
“Her introductory post went up Friday afternoon. She finished the day with seven more.” Yeah sure, but the chromosomes have not changed, and the chromosomes never lie.
What a fundamental transformation this country is witnessing.
And these idiots (who elected the POS twice) will vote for the lady parts next.
Stick a fork in America. Beyond repair. Like President Cruz will be able to eliminate alphabet soup agencies and fix the 17th amenndment? Sorry, the rinos will block every move he makes.
Doesn’t mumia abul jabarbar binks have his own “Whitey keepin’ da brutha down” radio show?
My bumper sticker still reads, “Execute Bradley Manning”.
It should be swinging from the nearest tree.
Its egg and sperm units must be so proud of it.
The little pipsqueak should be put in the darkest hole possible to rot.
“A court ruled in March that the Army must stop referring to her as Bradley Manning and must use feminine or gender neutral pronouns in court filings.”
You know, I wonder about the electrical systems in courthouses these days.
With all of those new computer gadgets and doodads they need, plus all of the climate control for the stuffy robes and space heaters that clerks need to counteract the air conditioning, it’s a wonder that more of these “halls of justice” don’t suffer from a devastating fires that burn the places to the ground.
They need to be careful.
He tweets by phone.
Read the article. It is amazing what you will find. He/She will be transcribing the twitter posts from the phone in prison to a friend. No computer for him/her.
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