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 on our post about the push to post the Ten Commandments in school, in reply to a comment asking us not to insult the people asking for this:

Yes, we could avoid insulting Christian nationalists who want to turn the country into an authoritarian theocracy in the vein of Gilead.

But why should we?

In second place, it’s an anonymous comment on that same post, with a similar take on the matter:

These aren’t Christians at all

They’re fascists, and this is their way of attempting to demonstrate their power and impose their will. It could just as easily be some other document or icon because it really doesn’t matter: this isn’t about content, it’s about power.

For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with a comment from That One Guy about Trump ordering Republicans to kill the journalism shield law:

Gee, I can’t imagine why such an upstanding, law-abiding citizen might want to make it easier to sue reporters and make them expose their sources, chilling any attempts to hold the powerful accountable for their immoral or outright illegal actions…

Next, though it’s from a different post on a different subject, another comment from Stephen T. Stone channeling Robert Caro seems like a good followup to that one:

Power doesn’t corrupt⁠—it reveals.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is one more from Stephen T. Stone, this time about a favorite old subject:

I tried to say it was RICO, the courts said “no no no”

In second place, it’s an anonymous comment about the Brendan Carr’s hatred of NewsGuard:

From Carr’s bullshit letter:

NewsGuard also works with web browsers, including Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari, and Microsoft’s Bing [sic]. NewsGuard has partnered with social media companies. And it offers products for AI systems and app stores. In other words, your products may use NewsGuard or you may enable your customers to use NewsGuard.

So beware folk, NewsGuard may be in your backyard, in your living room, next to you in your bed. You may have been married to NewsGuard and kiss you darling NewsGuard every morning, without knowing it. If you have any suspicious, please call +1(555)-F7CK-CARR.

For editor’s choice on the funny side, we start out with a comment from Ethin Probst (whose name I accidentally misspelled in last week’s post – now fixed, sorry about that!) about “Trump Derangement Syndrome”:

You know, TDS was never a good name, because it sounds like your just telling people that Trump is deranged. Which is pretty funny because it’s actually true.

Finally, because why not dip our toes into the beef, we’ve got a comment from Mamba about Drake v. Kendrick:

Drake couldn’t win an elocution contest against middle schooler. Mostly because he’s be working on getting a date with her instead.

That’s all for this week, folks!