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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

This week, MrWilson scores another double-win with both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it’s a piece-by-piece response to a commenter who defended ICE’s failed illegal raid on an immigration law office:

“Immigration lawyers are aiding abetting criminals.”

Yeah, sure. Except, you know, you have to be convicted of a crime for it to be determined if you’re actually a criminal and that requires due process…which includes access to a lawyer.

“They all have to go.”

Cite the specific law that demands this. I’m sure there are videos of the law you’ve seen all over that you’re just itching to copy and paste links like all the other evidence you’ve ever shared here.

“We have to enforce laws consistently, especially those that treat people differently based on accident of birth and the personal discretion of government officials.”

The Trump administration is enforcing laws inconsistently with the entire previous legal history of the country. You might as well scream, “shut up, I’m trying to defend free speech but you keep talking!”

“Your precious “Constitutional rights” just get in the way of the government enforcing the law.”

“Your precious [laws] just get in the way of the government enforcing the law.”

Constitutional rights are the law.

Now we know who ate all those lead paint chips as a kid.

In second place, it’s a comment about the first two measles deaths of 2026:

Then: “Nobody has died. It’s not a big deal!”

Now: “It’s only two people. Still not a big deal!”

Later: “So a few more. Who cares, right?”

Even later: “Okay, here’s why all these deaths are Biden’s fault…”

For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with an anonymous comment about ICE’s threats following its failed raid:

So ICE threatened to come back and kick off a night of broken glass, huh? Can’t imagine why anyone compares these assholes to Nazis.

Next, it’s Bloof with a comment about the Washington Post rehiring the columnist they fired for quoting Charlie Kirk:

They really, really wanted Charlie Kirk to be a martyr for their cause, but the problem with him being a prolific user of social media, the man’s character was out there for the whole world to see in numerous embarrassing videos, and the man’s own words when it came to things like empathy and the victims of political violence were out there to see, and to quote.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about the growing opposition to banning kids from social media:

We need a ban on impressionable politicians seeing anything that was penned by Haidt.

In second place, it’s Stephen T. Stone quipping in response to another commenter’s question about teens who express support for social media bans:

“What kind of an idiot begs please to be handcuffed, locked into a padded playpen, and spoonfed so that they don’t go places and do things that they don’t like?”

A religious conservative in the United States. 🙃

For editor’s choice on the funny side, we start out with an anonymous comment about Meta’s payout to settle with the states suing it:

Surely the states will spend this ~$18bn for clearly needed help foe children and only under the best stewardship.

Finally, it’s Cathay with one more comment about ICE’s illegal raid:

law offices … tend to be filled with people who actually know the law

ICE may not have been aware of that. If they’re used to the “lawyers” employed by ICE, they wouldn’t expect any legal knowledge.

That’s all for this week, folks!