One of the things you’re generally not supposed to do when you’re in the commentary business is draw any sweeping conclusions about public sentiment based on reading YouTube comments. You can’t usually review YouTube comments and determine how people generally feel about something. But there’s been a trend across various YouTube comments sections lately that, at this point, I simply can’t ignore.
If you pull up news reports about Republicans’ efforts to ban men from competing in women’s sports, you will find — in every single instance, without exception — that the comments overwhelmingly support the Republicans. Even if you go to the channels of Left-wing news stations, the pattern remains the same. And not just on YouTube. Read the comments under any article on the topic. Read the comments on X or Facebook or Instagram. There is, everywhere, on every major…
