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Kyle Rittenhouse: Vigilante White Men
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Anonymous
Spending dozens of hours obsessively watching trial proceedings in which one does not have a direct personal stake or a significant processional interest is indicative of an obsessive need to validate something in oneself. |
Anonymous
Or some people have actually studied law and always interested in watching the processes and procedures of the court. It’s quite fascinating. |
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Rittenhouse seems like he was spoiling for a fight. You don't cross state lines well-armed to the gills to "protect" a city you (I could be wrong) have no direct connection with unless you're hoping to score some bear. (I'm assuming WI isn't a duty to retreat sort of state.)
The people he shot seemed like standard issue "antifa" thugs, one of whom seemed to act on his liking of teenage girls a little too much, and seemed equally eager for a fight. Ideally, they could spend some of their jail time together and away from regular people of liberal and conservative persuasions. |
Anonymous
I am a practicing attorney, and I agree that observing trials can be very interesting (I have had to monitor a few over the years as part of my practice, separate from the ones I actually conduct). But in reality as a working professional who also has children and is engaged in my community, I do not have enough free time to watch all of the trial testimony in any trial just for fun. You choose to prioritize your life differently and that is fine, but what we choose to prioritize says a lot about who we are that then colors how others understand our opinions. You seem deeply invested in this trial, likely because you identify with someone closely involved. Given how stridently you defend Rittenhouse, it is probably him, which means that your personal bias likely also affects your perception of the case because you are viewing it through a particular lens. Watching the full trial does not inherently mean you are a more reliable narrator. |
Anonymous
Dozens of hours? Obsessively watching? I’m not the person who asked if you watched the trial, but making up facts to prove your point isn’t a very good strategy. |
Anonymous
PP. Not the same person is always saying watch the trial, but several are for a reason. IDK what you mean that it's really telling, other when than multiple people say watch the trial, it is obvious what is being put forth here is spin and has virtually nothing to do with what he is charged with and what the law states he is allowed to do and what multiple eyewitness and video footage shows. The prosecution's own witness states he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse and advanced on him while Rittenhouse was on the ground and after Rittenhouse lowered his gun, FGS, but people don't t seem to understand that and think Rittenhouse was the aggressor. The news knows not everyone can watch the trial, and so that is why some pundit on to 'report' it for you, but they are there to shape a narrative not report, and they aren't doing anyone any favors with their BS. They are purposefully setting up a situation where people will be outraged at yet another white male supposedly getting away scot-free, not caring whatsoever if it leads to further riots, loss of property, and possible loss of life like the despicable gutter slime they are because they only care about the narrative and not reporting what is fact. |
Anonymous
It was a 10-day trial. If people actually watched the whole trial as they claim, then yes, it has been dozens of hours of trial proceedings. That is not “making up facts.” |
Anonymous
I agree Rittenhouse should not have been there. However, your post has some incorrect assumptions. 1. Rittenhouse did not carry the gun across state lines. He picked it up in Kenosha. Apparently, it was not illegal for him to have the gun that night. 2. Rittenhouse had strong connections to Kenosha. He worked there, his dad lives there, he has other family there. He also has friends there. 3. While Kenosha was "across" state lines, it was just a few miles from his home. Around 20 miles. Many of us commute that far on a daily basis. |
Anonymous
Exactly. And they attacked him. |
Anonymous
Who said they watched the whole trial? |
Anonymous
I certainly hope that anyone claiming to have full knowledge of all of the trial testimony based on having watched it would, in fact, have watched all of the trial testimony. If instead they have only watched select snippets that someone said would support their view of the case, then they are no better off than people who are getting their understanding of the case from news reporting and commentary. |
Anonymous
Well, for starters, he did not cross state lines armed. He acquired the gun in Wisconsin. His dad and grandmother live in Kenosha, 20 minutes from where he lives with his mom, and he spends split time between parents, so he does have an interest in the community. He went to try to help prevent the city from being destroyed because the police were told to stand down, so multiple citizens were trying to help people not lose their property and livelihoods. Rosenbaum became enraged when he started a fire, but Rittenhouse and others used fire extinguishers to put it out. Rosenbaum then threated to kill Rittenhouse and cut his heart out if he got him alone and then proceeded to pursue Rittenhouse. That is what started their dispute. Rosenbaum then chased him down and grabbed his gun. Rosenbaum was released from a mental hospital that day and had a long history of being mentally unstable, but on his first day of freedom he chooses to attend a riot and proceeded to start fires, so why doesn't anyone say he must have gone there looking for trouble. On a side note, since everyone seems fixated on the state line thing, I wonder how many of the rioters were crossing state lines to commit crimes? |
Anonymous
Okay, Jan. |
Anonymous
For one, there was Joe Scarborough who said Rittenhouse fired off 60 rounds. In reality, it was 6 or 8. Then, there is the race baiting Joy Reid who continues her nightly diatribe of Rittenhouse as a "white supremacist." And, her guests say equally idiotic things. I am sure there are more. I avoid them. |
Anonymous
That is not responsive to the question. PP said, “ I read a left-leaning pundit make the comment that she had no idea that all the people who were shot that night were white.” I would like to know which “left-wing pundit” said that where and when. |