> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Best & Worst Tweets About Today's Pussy Riot Verdict - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-best-worst-tweets-about-todays-pussy-riot-verdict/ - Published: 2012-08-17T21:14:45.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:36:22.000Z - Description: 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. - Author: Hrag Vartanian - Tags: Opinion, Pussy Riot, Twitter, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/08/twitter-pussy-riot-cathedral-of-christ-the-savior-640.jpg "twitter-pussy-riot-cathedral-of-christ-the-savior-640") 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) demonstrators were heard chanting "Burn the witches!" Hello Russia, this is 21st century. > > — Oleg Kozlovsky (@kozlovsky\_en) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/kozlovsky%5Fen/status/236435248907431936?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > Someone switched on the [#PussyRiot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) music near the court.Girls hear it.they smile [#PussyRiotGlobalDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiotGlobalDay?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Alisa Obraztsova (@obraztsovaalisa) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/obraztsovaalisa/status/236457864850464770?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) And is this what the verdict means? https://twitter.com/DavidAllenGreen/status/236434509304832000 > Putin finally decalres himself God as [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) are found guilty of religious hatred. > > — Teresa Goncalves (@TreGoncalves) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/TreGoncalves/status/236438215547027457?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) Though on the … *er* … brighter side … > I guess the one good thing for [#Pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) is that they might have served half their sentence by the time the judge is finished. > > — Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/fieldproducer/status/236436868240121856?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > Two years in a Russian jail? Geez. That'll give em some song writing material. [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Jesse Spencer (@Jesse\_Spencer) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/Jesse%5FSpencer/status/236534159798046722?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) That really took THAT long? > Breaking: judge reading of [#PussyRiot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) verdict has shattered long-windedness record set in June by judge reading Egyptian election results > > — Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/RobertMackey/status/236439790038441984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) And the peanut gallery: > The [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) judge obviously learnt nothing from the BBC Olympics coverage, keep it interesting – sum up with a MONTAGE. > > — Neal Mann (@fieldproducer) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/fieldproducer/status/236433963143528448?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) Celebrities care! Btw, what color do you think the ribbon will be? > I can't believe sentencing [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/MischaBarton/status/236477169226878977?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](http://t.co/kOlYuoDN?ref=hyperallergic.com) No really, those are some strong words. > > — CPhMag.com (@jmcolberg) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/jmcolberg/status/236525105902129152?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > 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](https://twitter.com/jmcolberg/status/236526979275444226?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/236465267646013440?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Colm (@colmuacuinn) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/colmuacuinn/status/236472801802985473?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Sunny Hundal (@sunny\_hundal) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/sunny%5Fhundal/status/236503767833522176?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/suzanne%5Fmoore/status/236528212488892417?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) Someone else thinks they should join forces: > [#PussyRiot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) and Assange starting new band, 'The Asylum Seekers' > > — Max Keiser, tweet poet. (@maxkeiser) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/236429643572469761?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/thewritertype/status/236460277598650368?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) A step up … er, down … for Russia? > The day Putin's regime graduated from benign autocracy to beginners' despotism. [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/pierrebri/status/236461706258305024?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) isn't aligned w Rus popular opinion. most Russians despise them,disapprove of their actions > > — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/236471278704414720?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) Thought this response to Bremmer is the winner: > [@ianbremmer](https://twitter.com/ianbremmer?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [@blakehounshell](https://twitter.com/blakehounshell?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/AndyDekka/status/236475402980302849?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) We wonder if this will go anywhere … and it’s from a Moscovite! > BOYCOTT WINTER OLYMPICS 2014 [#PussyRiot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Дмитрий Петрович Алешковский (@aleshru) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/aleshru/status/236470300521422848?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) mask [http://t.co/wimVM1e2](http://t.co/wimVM1e2?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Ben Doernberg🔥✡️🔥 (@BenDoernberg) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/BenDoernberg/status/236475956766834688?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) And in Times Square … a miracle! > "Even [#nakedcowboy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nakedcowboy?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) has joined in with [#Pussyriotnyc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pussyriotnyc?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com). [#waywire](https://twitter.com/hashtag/waywire?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) in Times Square." via @edgeofanoise [#PussyRiot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PussyRiot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [#NYC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYC?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [pic.twitter.com/O8RWLIb6](http://t.co/O8RWLIb6?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — New York, New York! (@NYC) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/NYC/status/236531256869937152?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) 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](https://twitter.com/TweetsofOld/status/236471629499207682?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) No comment. https://twitter.com/umairh/status/236492540608655364 > Then maybe they should've called it habeas pussy [#marketing](https://twitter.com/hashtag/marketing?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) "[@umairh](https://twitter.com/umairh?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) …as much outrage \[over\] the end of habeas corpus as [#pussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Lance Kidwell (@muddylemon) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/muddylemon/status/236493697003438080?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) Oh wait, reality check. > Does anyone have directions to this free pussy riot I keep hearing about? > > — Travon Free (@Travon) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/Travon/status/236550503809564672?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > Imagining all the disappointed little tennage lads when they realize [#freepussyriot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/freepussyriot?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) isn't what they thought it was.[#shattered](https://twitter.com/hashtag/shattered?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) dreams > > — Name Cannot Be Blank (@FreshJamYo) [August 17, 2012](https://twitter.com/FreshJamYo/status/236551984226893824?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) And a porn star wades in … ugh: https://twitter.com/Mika\_Tan/status/236555772220301312