Kyle Rittenhouse Trial.

[Wise_A]

By “shooting the right people”, do you mean the child molesters and illegally-armed felons setting fire to the city and violently threatening anyone trying to stop the fires?

Because no, my support for him in the trial is not based on that. It was obvious self-defense in each of the shootings and the prosecutor and government are trying to throw him under the bus.

Like I said. Justified at the exact moment, pants-on-head retarded all the way up to it. And he didn't know the guy was a child molester, so you can't righty throw that one out there.

[Oldherkpilot]

Apologies, I thought it hit the same vein, and had started off on a different tangent without wiping your quote. Namely, I thought that a lot of the support Rittenhouse has is because he was shooting the right people.

Well, he DID shoot the people attacking him and DIDN'T shoot anyone who wasn't attacking him, so I must conclude that he was shooting the right people.

[0ddl0t]

https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1458604513720471552

Funny, but I doubt twitter wars ever convince anyone to change their minds. Counterpoint:

[Tensaw]

Funny, but I doubt twitter wars ever convince anyone to change their minds. Counterpoint:

I read Rittenhouse’s breakdown on the stand as trying to get thru his account of what happened and being overcome with emotion And enormity of the whole situation which rendered him unable to speak despite his best effort to do so. This as opposed to simply being overcome with grief and breaking down into tears. Two different things. It looked to me like he was trying *not* to break down or cry on the stand.

[0ddl0t]

I also thought his display of emotion was genuine, which makes me seeing the humor in the Shapiro jab that much worse. What's the term for feeding off other people's misery - disaster porn?

[HCM]

This is a powerful counter to the "he shouldn't have been there" canard.

No, just the opposite. It’s a strong argument that anyone being in such a zone unnecessarily is a fool. It’s dimly an expanded version of the Stupid people, Stupid places, Stupid things principle.

But fools are still entitled to self defense. It is an argument for being armed if one needs to be there or is stupid enough to go unnecessarily.

[hiro]

I also thought his display of emotion was genuine, which makes me seeing the humor in the Shapiro jab that much worse. What's the term for feeding off other people's misery - disaster porn?

Cos no one here (or anywhere on the interwebz) ever does that, do they?

[TGS]

I think a lot of people would be less defensive of young Kyle if the political tables were turned.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner!

I think the more vocal people ("Kyle is a hero!" types) fall into this trap hard. Same with the whole LtCol Scheller, who all of his most vocal "supporters" have already forgotten about. If LtCol Scheller had come out against the other tribe, the same people would be calling for his execution on grounds of treason. People are just looking for something to get angry and righteous about.

Same "virtue signaling" as the left, just different heros and hills to die on (well, as long as other people do the "dying" for them, that is).

[hiro]

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner!

I think the more vocal people ("Kyle is a hero!" types) fall into this trap hard. Same with the whole LtCol Scheller, who all of his most vocal "supporters" have already forgotten about. If LtCol Scheller had come out against the other tribe, the same people would be calling for his execution on grounds of treason. People are just looking for something to get angry and righteous about.

Same "virtue signaling" as the left, just different heros and hills to die on (well, as long as other people do the "dying" for them, that is).

Absofuckinglutely

[Joe in PNG]

For instance, if Grosscruz had shot Rittenhouse- would the same people defend the action, or would they call for his conviction on tribal grounds?