Rittenhouse/ self defense

*Galactus* · 11-19-2021, 06:12 PM

If people like Treyvon Martin and George Floyd should have simply used "common sense" and not been were they were when they were killed then surely that same logic should apply to Kyle Rittenhouse. What the actual **** was a 17 year old thinking travelling across state lines armed with an AR-15 going to a riot?

I feel I should point out there is less evidence of Treyvon Martin going out with the intention stealing cars than there is of Kyle Rittenhouse being a white supremacist the guy was literally pictured celebrating with a bunch of known white supremacists. That casts his motivation for being at riots caused by the police shooting an unarmed black man in a much darker light. Let's call a spade a spade here; he wasn't there to be a medic nor to play peacemaker. At best he was there to score points with his alt right buddies being seen standing up BLM and Antifa at worst he was looking to shoot some black people and any white people who were their allies.

However if you want defend his legal right to be there regardless of how extremely dumb and morally questionable it was that is fine ...but you should also extend that same argument to black people like Treyvon Martin and George Floyd. What is a bigger lapse in judgement anyway going to play vigilante at a riot or going out at night or going to a grocery store during the day?

11-19-2021, 06:12 PM	#11
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	If people like Treyvon Martin and George Floyd should have simply used "common sense" and not been were they were when they were killed then surely that same logic should apply to Kyle Rittenhouse. What the actual **** was a 17 year old thinking travelling across state lines armed with an AR-15 going to a riot? I feel I should point out there is less evidence of Treyvon Martin going out with the intention stealing cars than there is of Kyle Rittenhouse being a white supremacist the guy was literally pictured celebrating with a bunch of known white supremacists. That casts his motivation for being at riots caused by the police shooting an unarmed black man in a much darker light. Let's call a spade a spade here; he wasn't there to be a medic nor to play peacemaker. At best he was there to score points with his alt right buddies being seen standing up BLM and Antifa at worst he was looking to shoot some black people and any white people who were their allies. However if you want defend his legal right to be there regardless of how extremely dumb and morally questionable it was that is fine ...but you should also extend that same argument to black people like Treyvon Martin and George Floyd. What is a bigger lapse in judgement anyway going to play vigilante at a riot or going out at night or going to a grocery store during the day?