The Best & Worst Tweets About Today's Pussy Riot Verdict
The Twitterverse is full of opinions and here is just some of the most notable 140 characters or less commentary that appeared on our screens.
The Twitterverse is full of opinions and here is just some of the most notable 140 characters or less commentary that appeared on our screens.
From outside the Moscow courthouse:
Some anti- #PussyRiot demonstrators were heard chanting "Burn the witches!" Hello Russia, this is 21st century.
— Oleg Kozlovsky (@kozlovsky_en) August 17, 2012
Someone switched on the #PussyRiot music near the court.Girls hear it.they smile #PussyRiotGlobalDay
— Alisa Obraztsova (@obraztsovaalisa) August 17, 2012
And is this what the verdict means?
https://twitter.com/DavidAllenGreen/status/236434509304832000
Putin finally decalres himself God as #pussyriot are found guilty of religious hatred.
— Teresa Goncalves (@TreGoncalves) August 17, 2012
Though on the … er … brighter side …
I guess the one good thing for #Pussyriot is that they might have served half their sentence by the time the judge is finished.
— Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) August 17, 2012
Two years in a Russian jail? Geez. That'll give em some song writing material. #pussyriot
— Jesse Spencer (@Jesse_Spencer) August 17, 2012
That really took THAT long?
Breaking: judge reading of #PussyRiot verdict has shattered long-windedness record set in June by judge reading Egyptian election results
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) August 17, 2012
And the peanut gallery:
The #pussyriot judge obviously learnt nothing from the BBC Olympics coverage, keep it interesting – sum up with a MONTAGE.
— Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) August 17, 2012
Celebrities care! Btw, what color do you think the ribbon will be?
I can't believe sentencing #pussyriot to2 yrs in jail.as someone who lived in Moscow and has filmed& seen inside the jails my heart goes out
— Mischa Barton (@MischaBarton) August 17, 2012
Though maybe not all celebrities care about the right things?
https://twitter.com/NatalyaLobanova/status/236552091777265664
This is your chance …
https://twitter.com/joshuafoust/status/236440072017301505
The White House responded to the Russian verdict and blogger Jörg M. Colberg had this to say:
I kid you not: White House "disappointed" by Pussy Riot verdict. http://t.co/kOlYuoDN No really, those are some strong words.
— CPhMag.com (@jmcolberg) August 17, 2012
From what I hear White House apparently also disappointed they didn't serve strawberry ice cream as a desert today.
— CPhMag.com (@jmcolberg) August 17, 2012
The Swedish Foreign Minister has a little more to say … though how is the Assange stuff going, Mr. Minister?
Even the Human Rights Commissioner of Russia deems the prison sentence for Pussy Riot unfair and calls for it to be appealed. Easy to agree.
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) August 17, 2012
And what is Putin scared of?
Next time you see a staged photo of Putin doing something macho remember he is scared of a non violent group of young women. #pussyriot
— Colm (@colmuacuinn) August 17, 2012
Then again, maybe the West shouldn’t be soo quick to judge:
Unfortunately, Putin will have too many examples to throw back at USA and UK over people being arrested for being subversive #pussyriot
— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) August 17, 2012
Some creative deal making … Pussy Riot for Julian Assange?!
Imagine Assange does deal with Moscow/ Ecuador via Belarus He offers himself in return for Pussyriot's freedom He is all about free speech?
— suzanne moore (@suzanne_moore) August 17, 2012
Someone else thinks they should join forces:
#PussyRiot and Assange starting new band, 'The Asylum Seekers'
— Max Keiser, tweet poet. (@maxkeiser) August 17, 2012
And Paul Bassett Davies is obviously an Obama supporter :)
Putin is such a homophobic, misogynistic, humorless creep. Who does he think he is, Mitt Romney? #PussyRiot
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) August 17, 2012
A step up … er, down … for Russia?
The day Putin's regime graduated from benign autocracy to beginners' despotism. #pussyriot
— Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) August 17, 2012
And the prize for dumb commentary goes to … (since our right to free speech is about public opinion, right?) …
for all the criticism from the West,#PussyRiot isn't aligned w Rus popular opinion. most Russians despise them,disapprove of their actions
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 17, 2012
Thought this response to Bremmer is the winner:
@ianbremmer @blakehounshell Fair point but most people in this country that I know utterly despise Phil Collins. He's still a free man.
— Andy (@AndyDekka) August 17, 2012
We wonder if this will go anywhere … and it’s from a Moscovite!
BOYCOTT WINTER OLYMPICS 2014 #PussyRiot
— Дмитрий Петрович Алешковский (@aleshru) August 17, 2012
And New Yorkers continue to be shocked at NYPD. Ugh.
Want to get arrested in New York City? Don't even bother with a cathedral punk performance, just wear a #PussyRiot mask http://t.co/wimVM1e2
— Ben Doernberg🔥✡️🔥 (@BenDoernberg) August 17, 2012
And in Times Square … a miracle!
"Even #nakedcowboy has joined in with #Pussyriotnyc. #waywire in Times Square." via @edgeofanoise #PussyRiot #NYC pic.twitter.com/O8RWLIb6
— New York, New York! (@NYC) August 17, 2012
And from the time machine, well, sorta …
“I am what you call a ‘hooligan’." –Emmeline Pankhurst, British political activist/suffragist,1912
— R.L. Ripples (@TweetsofOld) August 17, 2012
No comment.
https://twitter.com/umairh/status/236492540608655364
Then maybe they should've called it habeas pussy #marketing "@umairh …as much outrage [over] the end of habeas corpus as #pussyriot
— Lance Kidwell (@muddylemon) August 17, 2012
Oh wait, reality check.
Does anyone have directions to this free pussy riot I keep hearing about?
— Travon Free (@Travon) August 17, 2012
Imagining all the disappointed little tennage lads when they realize #freepussyriot isn't what they thought it was.#shattered dreams
— Name Cannot Be Blank (@FreshJamYo) August 17, 2012
And a porn star wades in … ugh:
https://twitter.com/Mika_Tan/status/236555772220301312
