'We Support Chris Brown' Trending On Twitter

If you glanced at Twitter's trending topics this afternoon, you'd see the usual jumble of words you can't understand (Ay Thiago? Entra Pato?), plus a few that you probably can: We Support Chris Brown.

It's unclear why Chris Brown's fans – otherwise known as Team Breezy (or, on Twitter, #TeamBreezy) – decided to trend this phrase at this specific moment, but trend it they did! (A little later, seeing their impact, they also managed to get #BuyChrisBrownFortuneMay8th on the worldwide trending list.)

Most of the tweets were from fans looking to express their love for Chris Brown, but a vocal minority was upset that a phrase celebrating an admitted domestic abuser would wind up on the list of Twitter's most uttered phrases.

Here are a few of the tweets:

We Support Chris Brown because we're retarded. We also have tramp stamps, smoke cigs, and can't remember who we slept with last night.
— Terry Masters (@TerryxMasters) April 3, 2012

We Support Chris Brown? You Mad!? Stay Mad! NO1CURR t(^.^)t — AND?EEA (@MJBreezyMarsian) April 3, 2012

I love how twitter implemented the intelligence indicator onto peoples tweets.We Support Chris Brown officially labels you as an idiot. Ty
— HolyHandGrenade (@HolyHandGr3nade) April 3, 2012

We Support Chris Brown NO. twitter.com/willidribble/s… — *pikachu*? (@willidribble) April 3, 2012

I asked someone why they tweeted We Support Chris Brown and they said, Beats me.
— Lou Brutus (@LouBrutus) April 3, 2012

We Support Chris Brown: Because it's completely okay to beat a woman to a bloody pulp as long as you're a good dancer and rich. — Jordan. (@JordanMeehan) April 3, 2012