Why didn’t the conductor close the door on these guys?

Conservatives say stuff for effects, not for truth or consistency. They are not honest people arguing in good faith.

They’ll say “states rights” when that benefits them and "federal supremacy " when that benefits them. They are not good people.

I saw that one too and thought similarly!

Maybe was thinking of https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/ ?