Twitter can be a pretty strange place. During widely-viewed events like the Super Bowl, the Grammys, the Oscars, etc., one can expect to see lots of people hijacking a pop culture moment to make eye-roll-worthy observations, lob tone-deaf jokes that ultimately fall flat, or dole out all-caps rants about whatever grinds their gears.
Big-time media people are capable of doing the same. And while last night’s Oscars were largely predictable and uncontroversial, these well-known folk drew the ire of many tweeters with their observations. Behold: Some of the worst tweets from Oscar night, according to a very unscientific survey of the Twitterverse:
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Shortly before the ceremony began, Rep. Mark Tanako (D-CA) wasted no time swinging and a-missin’ with a ham-fisted attempt to capitalize on the kidz and their movies:
Let’s not forget who the real wolves of Wall Street are. Protect people, not profits. pic.twitter.com/Cx94rqCuM7
— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) March 3, 2014
Texas lieutenant governor candidate, Twitter laughing stock, and current State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-7th) also got in on the shameless political hijacking with this doozy attacking a rival candidate:
David Dewhurst should win best actor tonight for his role pretending to be a conservative: pic.twitter.com/jQqIIemf5x
— Dan Patrick (@DanPatrick) March 3, 2014
HuffPost editorial director and frequent MSNBC guest Howard Fineman left many scratching their heads with this baffling remark connecting the Oscars’ diversity directly to the Obama era, looping in Putin for that extra oomph:
#AcademyAwards show diversity, tolerance, cultural creativity of US in Obama Era. Hard power matters, per Putin, but Oscars r as powerful.
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) March 3, 2014
Ann Coulter effectively trolled the web with a few race-related Oscar “observations”:
Today's Hollywood PC order: Gays, Blacks, Hispanics. Tomorrow: Gays, Hispanics, Blacks. Enjoy it while you can, Black America! #Oscars
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 3, 2014
With "12 Yrs Slave" certain to win best pic, Longo award checks racism box, freeing Hispanic to win best director for "Gravity." #Oscars
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 3, 2014
And, of course, Todd Starnes was active throughout the night. You knew he’d make an appearance, right?
Despite Darlene Love, Matthew McConaughey, and Bette Midler all name-dropping God last night, he continued his shtick of pretending that Hollywood is uniformly anti-religion and full of heathens who BAN the LORD from their JEZEBEL quarters:
That dear lady didn't know she's not allowed to mention Jesus at the #oscars
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 3, 2014
"Lord God I praise you." Most of the #Oscars audience thought she was talking about Obama.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 3, 2014
A special thank you to the Oscars audience for not booing the name of God. #courage
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 3, 2014
Just FYI: Every… single… year… someone name-drops “God” at the Oscars, and hucksters like Starnes pretend it’s a big no-no because it coddles their lazy generalizations about librul Hollyweird.
Speaking of hucksters, here’s America’s favorite self-promoter letting everyone know how much he hated the Oscars and knows he’d be a better host (and he’s totally running for president in 2016 and also McKay Coppins is a “scumbag” and Breitbart.com rules):
I should host the #Oscars just to shake things up – this is not good!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2014
I don't know how much longer I can take this bullshit – so terrible! #Oscars
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, 2014
It went on and on and on. Read his full Twitter timeline if you really hate yourself.
Also… comedian Chelsea Handler took over HuffPost’s Twitter for a live-tweeting stint. While her wicked sense of humor worked for much of the night, there was also this one tweet that got a lot of negative buzz:
#AngelinaJolie's adoption went through #sidneypoitier #Oscars –@chelseahandler
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 3, 2014
Oof.
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