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 Stephen Miller suggesting the suspension of habeas corpus:

Remember: Once they suspend the civil rights of non-citizens, they’ll only ever need to declare someone a non-citizen to justify black-bagging an American citizen off the street and sending them to a blacksite or a foreign concentration camp.

If you voted for Trump, you voted for this. Accept it. Own it. This is who you wanted; this is what you got; this is the kind of person you are, were, and always will be unless you prove otherwise. And saying “no, this isn’t what I wanted” won’t be enough⁠—not this time, not ever again.

In second place, it’s Bilateralrope with a comment about how Hasan Piker handled being detained by CBP:

Requesting a lawyer probably would have worked much faster. Maybe a few minutes of questioning before they realize that they aren’t going to get anything, then letting him go so they can move to their next target.

But now they have two hours of testimony that they can go through looking for any lies they can blackmail him with.

For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with Citizen and another comment about the notion of suspending habeas corpus:

“I voted for the leopards to eat other people’s faces.”

And MAGA cheers the prospect. They’re confident that they’ll never be targeted, even by mistake, so they don’t really care if they no longer have habeas corpus rights themselves since it just hinders efforts to get rid of the people they hate. The few who realize that mistakes will happen are perfectly fine with playing the role of Archibald Buttle as long as it means the people they hate are gone, too.

Next, it’s luxx with a comment about Democrats helping to bring back KOSA:

Turns out that when people like Schumer talk about “reaching across the aisle” and “bipartisanship,” what they really mean is that the division between Republican and Democrat is far less divisive than the uniting force of being an out-of-touch septuagenarian in the pockets of corporate power brokers.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is Pixelation with a reply to another comment correcting a typo in a common phrase we used:

Yes, because tongue in creek would be rather gross.

In second place, it’s That One Guy with a thought about Trump firing the Librarian of Congress:

‘A non-white in a postion of power/employment? Must be a result of DEI!’

“In the grand scheme of things, firing the Librarian of Congress may seem minor, but this was yet another example of a highly qualified, dedicated public servant that Trump fired for no good reason.”

I’m sure there’s a reason, but I can’t qwhite put my finger on what it might be…

For editor’s choice on the funny side, we start out with a comment from Thad about our post that referred to Clarence Thomas as Samuel Alito’s sidekick:

Hey now. If anything, Alito is Thomas’s sidekick.

Finally, it’s MrWilson with a reply to another comment noting that “vaccine skeptic” is much too mild as a description of RFK Jr.:

Not skeptic, just septic.

That’s all for this week, folks!