>the gist: we need algorithms to prevent free speech we don't like
>and until we have them we're turning off/down comments
>freedom, safety, comfort -- choose two...

Yahoo is one of the most incredibly biased, "PC" websites I have seen.   Sure they get nasty comments...because they are almost always shamelessly defending one side of an issue.  Soon I expect they will be making apologies for child molesters, too.  (That's no doubt in the works).