Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about the assault on the idea that laws have any meaning at all:
A lot of people-especially in right-wing circles-tend to forget that the process of civilization is the process of everyone forgetting that they can grab a rock and bash someone's skull in for little to no reason at all. Modern society as a whole rests on that careful, delicate process. Those who want to break society will not enjoy what happens if people begin to remember.
In second place, it's Thad with a comment about Trump's hypocrisy about protecting kids while going after NCMEC:
As far as Republicans are concerned, it's not supposed to be protecting those kids.
For editor's choice on the insightful side, we've got a couple comments about the Trump team making the CIA send a list of employees over unclassified email. First, it's Strawb with a thought on what's most surprising about the debacle:
I'm not surprised the Trump admin demanded intelligence over unsecured email, but I'm honestly surprised the CIA obliged. Could there really have been any serious ramifications if they had used a more secure method?
Next, it's a quip from Pixelation that really could go on the funny side as well:
This is Trump administration counterintelligence. It is counter to intelligence.
Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous joke about a bill we described as saddling" drag performers with restrictions:
Funny, I thought they were trying to make the acts less explicit. Adding a saddle seems rather counterproductive to that aim...
In second place, it's another comment from Strawb, this time about something we said referencing people who squawk elections have consequences" as a celebration of retribution:
How dare you! Matty would be very upset if he could read!
For editor's choice on the funny side, we've got a pair of anonymous comments. First, it's a response to our post about understanding Musk's takeover of federal systems as a cyberattack:
Russian and Chinese hackers were dreaming about accessing US Treasure computers for decades, Elon has done it in just two weeks. That's efficiency!
Finally, it's a general comment about everything going off the rails:
I hear the Overton window at Mar-a-Lago has a fantastic view of Hell this season.
That's all for this week, folks!