Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is PB&J with a straightforward reaction to one of the more stunning details about oppressive laws pushing people out of Idaho:
TWO-FUCKING-THIRDS of the doctors have left already?!?!
In second place, it’s an anonymous comment about the apparent decline in support for free speech among young Americans:
Adding on to this I’m willing to bet there’s a slice of people who look at the harm caused by Trump and those like him and think there’s something wrong with a system that allows those sorts of dangerous and malicious lies.
For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with a comment from nerdrage, slightly disputing the idea that everyone fleeing certain states is only doing so because of Trump’s ineptitude:
Trump’s an idiot, but…
“people leaving California to escape wild fires President Trump refuses to provide aid to fight or protect against”
There’s no protecting against fires driven by climate change and Santa Ana winds. If people are fleeing LA before the next firestorm, they’re the smart ones.
There will be plenty of climate change refugees in the future. It’s too late to save Florida for instance.
Next, it’s MrWilson with a comment about the notion that Trump’s tariffs are profitable for the country:
Any money rolling in from tariffs is blood from the stone of the American consumer and any money that does roll in will go right back out the door to subsidize billionaires like Musk. They need to cut your medicaid in order to give money to people who already have too much.
Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about Trump’s assertion that autism doesn’t occur naturally:
While he’s at it..
… 120 years ago only 1 in 30 people were left-handed. Now the number is about 1 in 8. Clearly vaccines cause left-handedness.
In second place, it’s Thad with a comment about anti-education backlash from far right activists, and one teacher being accused of “teaching Marxist commie CRT in your classroom”:
No, you’re thinking of apostrophes.
For editor’s choice on the funny side, we start out with a comment from Uriel-238 about the headline on our post about a judge chewing out the DOJ for arresting Newark’s mayor:
Benchslap
I was hoping the act of benchslapping involved having the bailiff wield a literal bench and slap the responsible parties across the jaw with it.
A fellow can dream, I guess.
Finally, it’s mechtheist with a comment about RFK Jr.’s health report that cites studies that don’t seem to exist:
This is like playing air guitar and it being out of tune.
That’s all for this week, folks!