@breadsmasher @wintermute_oregon Calling #KyleRittenhouse an "attacker" in 2024 is wild lol
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breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ah yes, I remember all the republicans decrying the attackers
- David DePape
- Kyle Rittenhouse
- The huge crowd of alt right trump supporting morons invading the capitol on Jan 6th and bringing gallows and pipebombs
- Unite the Right rally / Charlottesville car attack
- Alex Jones Sandyhook bullshit
- … the list goes on and on and on
The silence from the right in condemning anything relating to these right wing terror attacks is deafening.
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 5 months ago
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 months ago
… shooting someone isn’t an attack?
hE wAs DeFenDinG hImSeLf
You can defend yourself without murdering people. Not surprised americans don’t understand that
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Kyle rittenhouse was attacked by violent, fascist lefties while doing a legal activity . Why would republicans decry self defense?
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Absolute LOL. Are they “antifa” (anti fascist) or are they “fascist”. Or is it just whatever label you wanna throw out?
The right really hasnt got a clue
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I would suggest that you read more about the actual event. Go look on any left-of-center site if you want, as long as it’s covering factual information, rather than offering commentary.
There is no information that, prior to the shooting, Rittenhouse had directly or indirectly threatened anyone.
Rittenhouse was on his way out when he was accosted by Rosenbaum; Rosenbaum threw a bag of clothing at Rittenhouse, and tried to grab his rifle. Rittenhouse shot him four times at close range, killing him.
Rittenhouse tried to run away; he was pursued by a crowd. Huber struck him with a skateboard and attempted to grab his rifle; Rittenhouse fatally shot him. Grosskreutz pointed a firearm at Rittenhouse, who shot him once in the arm; Grosskreutz survived, although he’s lost much of the function in his arm.
Rittenhouse did not instigate the violence; he was leaving the protest when he was accosted and attacked.
Should he have been there in the first place? No. Should he have brought a rifle? Also no. (And, in point of fact, his mom didn’t know that he had the rifle, because it had been bought for him by a friend–not his mom as was reported. But, all that said, he was never the aggressor in any legal sense; simply being armed is, by itself, not an immediate threat to do harm, and he was not acting in a threatening manner. Provocative, yes, but threatening, no.
Is Rittenhouse, personally, still a shitty person? Oh yeah. But whether or not he’s a shitbag, he still has a right to defend his own life. Which is what he did, once you actually look at testimony in court.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Something often forgotten is that Kyle was a supporter of lefty politics before this event.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/…/985002007/
Right, that is why they are burning buildings, trying to quell free speech, they are the “anti fascist”. Right…