Casey Anthony isn’t guilty. But you know that. If you’re finding out from me, that’s great, but you really need to step up your news-gathering game. You couldn’t avoid this verdict. Everyone thought Anthony was guilty. Everyone made fun of Nancy Grace. And everyone compared C.A. to O.J.
Ham-handed comparisons aside, everyone did something. Everyone had a reaction to this case. Time has called it the “Social-Media Trial of the Century.” A bunch of different factors came together to make the Anthony trial something everyone had to have an opinion on. Twitter was made for the Casey Anthony trial. And the Anthony trial was made for Twitter.
Here are some of the best tweets sent out after the verdict was given and before anyone really had a chance to think:
Just like the OJ case, there are riots currently breaking out…well, ok, nowhere.
If one person calls this the ‘white OJ trial’ I’m going to put on some undersized gloves and stab them.
Linday Lohan now has a courtesy 24-hour period to violate her probation and reclaim national attention.
CNN is now reporting that Casey Anthony has won Florida and its 25 electoral votes.
There are few things in life more confusing than Twitter when something you know nothing about happens.
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Sorry, Peyton Hillis. You’ll never be the white O.J. Simpson now. #CaseyAnthony
Let that be a lesson to you, kids. Eat your vegetables and clean your room because Mommy is allowed to kill you.
- And Andy Hutchins of SB Nation sums up the outrage best:
Basically, your outrage about this, either way, would be much better spent on the things that aren’t in the headlines.
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