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Oh so show me who is being bigoted? its not "unreasonable" to think he went there with intent to shoot people when HE ACTUALLY SAID HE WANTED TO. Sure maybe he was joking but then he went there with his weopon and that makes it quite reasonable to assume that.
This is where I am. Kind of tired of having to constantly decide which wrongs are more wrong, who's more to blame, media forcing people to pick sides BS.
Dude, let it go. You are arguing with the most biased, radicalized, bigoted person in the forum. Put him on ignore and let him do his skyscreaming act for its intended audience, which is not you, or anyone else interested in real discourse.
So many posts go down this road that, and it's endlessly frustrating. As though if you think Rittenhouse was wrong being there that instantly means you think it was OK for people to be burning #### down.
Then I cannot agree with that. Rioters were there to riot and cause destruction. Rittenhouse was there to protect property and help people. Rioters attacked and are the aggressor here. Rittenhouse acted in self defense and I would hope that if any other person from any walk of life was attacked by an unruly mob, people would come to that person's defense as well if they fought back.
I do, yes. Rittenhouse was 17 at the time. Lots of 17 year-olds are idealistic, naive, and a little dopey. I certainly was when I was that age. My personal flavor of dopiness didn't involve showing up at a riot with a rifle, but it's very easy for me to believe that a kid like Rittenhouse -- who was obviously raised differently -- was earnest about "helping his community."
He works in that community and his dad lives there. This has been well documented except for in the MSM which is why so many are struggling getting past this narrative. You were deceived. It sucks and I realize the last year makes no sense now with that understanding but hopefully you can grow from it and learn not to trust everything that is presented to you on tv.
Yeah, I'm not surprised, but that's ok and expected. IMO everybody there that wasn't law enforcement was making a choice, not a good one, and one they knew could end in violence. I could give a bit of a pass if that was the first protest ---> riot we saw, but I am guessing most of us could predict what was going to take place.
The irony of this post could not be heavier.I would say the bigger problem is close-mindedness. People should come to these types of issues with open minds and exchange of ideas - instead they come here sticking to their preconceived notions and the need to feel they can win an exchange with a weak response.
Like you.
It's because it wasn't the first protest that he was there. Like others, they watched the first nights of mayhem and destruction in their community and said "Cops won't do something, then I will." He went out to help people and brought his gun for protection. That concept right there is so foreign to some of you because you immediately associate gun to lunatic thanks to the media beating it in your heads everyday that guns automatically cause violence.
He was protecting his business or his dads business? Got a link? Where was his dad? DId he go to see his dad?
The links have been posted plenty. You have no interest in them and are just going along a thin thread of something the media continues to push. So you believe it to be true. Hopefully this trial causes you to reevaluate how you form opinions on public topics and you stop being led on by a biased media.
This right here is a huge problem and the root if the issue here. Especially when the "i will" people might be biased in some way.
Love these posts hinting that people who disagree with you do so just because they eat up liberal media and can't think for themselves.
Yes. It is. Cops should never have allowed the riots to start let alone go on for multiple nights.
..and most likely have 0 training for such a situation. I think we can all agree that the police themselves probably don't have enough training to handle extreme situations, let alone Joe Citizen.
The police hands were tied. That is why the police told Kyle how much they appreciate them.
Agree.
This article examines the issue I think pretty well.
I assume this is individual police officers, not the Kenosha police? When did they say they appreciated him?
How do you think it would play out differently?Sorry GG. Im a black male with a black son. i wonder how this would play out if it was my son out there with a gun instead of Kyle
How do we change protocol going forward on how situations like this should be handled better?
No it doesn't. In order for that line of thinking to work, he'd have actually had to do what you claim he wanted to. There was every opportunity for him to simply go blasting through the rioters (a narrative, not-coincidentally supported and maintained by many in the media) but he didn't. He tried to put out fires and offer assistance to people that needed it. Precisely the opposite of what you are implying.
good questions. Judging from Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice and countless other things ive seen and been through, for one im not quite sure for example the police would give him water bottles for being there.
he didnt shoot people? im not saying whether or not that was in self defense(the way the law is im in agreement it was). The point is he said he wanted to, and he did use the weapon. The context can be argued separately as it is happening in court.
I’m not sure it be any different if Kyle was black
This "Rosenbaum was a criminal mastermind looking to exploit self-defense laws himself" narrative is new and seems to fly in the face of the "Rosenbaum was a deranged lunatic" narrative. Again, I haven't really followed things closely, but this seems to want to have it both ways.
Sorry GG. Im a black male with a black son. i wonder how this would play out if it was my son out there with a gun instead of Kyle
