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Exactly - no one drives into another city with an assault rifle because they want to protect a H&M.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
He did so cos he wanted to light someone up and obviously in an angry mob he’ll get that opportunity. If everyone had this little pricks mentality it would have been an absolute bloodbath
And what if he was black? he probably would have been shot on sight for just holding the Damn rifle
America is f**ked - this kid should’ve gone down for 20-30 years
That's That's good video.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Shows a lot of stuff, which may not have happened had an underage kid not been let loose with a deadly weapon.
20-30 years for what? He was attacked by all three of the people he shot and was unconfrontational during the protest. If he was some deranged killer who wanted to cause a mass causality event he wouldn't have stopped shooting after the third guy was shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitman
You're right to question his motives, I have myself. But that doesn't change the fact he was attacked multiple times and rightly defended himself, it's nothing to do with race and honestly the misinformation surrounding the trial is concerning.
If he didn't have a gun he wouldn't have shot anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
Why did he have to go there with a gun if had peaceful motives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
He went there to confront and kill .
Some may dare to suggest that wandering the streets armed with a semi-automatic rifle is rather confrontational.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
Yet he didn't confront anyone...Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
And that justifies chasing and trying to take the gun off of him?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
That’s not what I said. Nor even remotely close to what I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
Thanks for your contributionQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Reading that sentence. Some (or most) would say chasing someone and trying to take a gun from them is quite a heroic thing to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
In a country where you are allowed to carry guns? Yeah alrightQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
American gun laws are screwed up (coming from someone who has been considering getting one but not wanting one for over a year).
The Media is messed up massively.
The narratives and misinformation broadcasted over this case is remarkable.
Since Brexit, then Trump everything is polarized.
No Grey areas, little nuance just a line in the sand and a pitched battle.
Intersectionality is screwing us all.
Pleasure. Hopefully, it enabled you to realise how stupid yours was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
He shoot three people if that is not confronting anyone what the f,ock isQuote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
:hehe: :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
This really highlights how the media and politics mess with people's perception of things.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Three people confronted him.
https://youtu.be/tkTnQfjRvk0
After all three attacked him. Come back when you know what's going on mateQuote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
He WASNT allowed to hold that gun, he was only 17Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
He was cause of some daft law which allowed him to carry it due to the barrel length. You think the gun charges were dropped for nothing or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitman
Sure thingQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
What’s mad is people think it’s fine that he shot these because it’s the law rather than that the law is ****ed up.
Who would want to live somewhere where wandering into a protest with a loaded gun is seen as normal rather than confrontational.
It's very multifaceted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
He was portrayed to be a monster and guilty as **** by one set of media.
A Hero that deserves cannonization by another.
In the meantime people make their minds up really by Echo chamber (My Brother In Law is still livid about the verdict).
The Morality, again....Polarized.
The Third guy he shot also had a gun even though it wasn't an AR, pointed at him.
We could argue this all night, I know he was found guilty by an elected jury and some bizarre loop holes in Gun laws which were clearly written for hunting but allows any kid to run around and shoot an assault rifle which makes it hard to argue against.
The most f**ked up thing about this whole incident is that this little prick being brainwashed by the right wing media to thinking that he needed to go and play militia in an area of unrest - and now he is seen in the eyes of the law as satisfactory
You cannot argue this sets a terrifying precedent. That anyone can turn up to an incendiary protest anywhere in America fully armed, with a privileged notion of “order” then play judge jury and executioner without facing any consequences.
and you seem so clued up, mate notQuote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
:thumbup: agreed I can’t believe people don’t think this sets a dangerous precedent. Carry and gun and provoke someone into attacking you. Free kill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitman
Beyond all that though the situation and the law is ****ed. Any other country on Earth walking into a protest with a rifle on your back would be seen as the lunacy and provocation it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
But not only is the law in the US a dystopian nightmare but politicians then use a little psychopath as a point scorer and people are stupid and biased enough to lap it up.
The 3rd guy pointed a gun at him because he’d ****ing shot someone ffs, how can he be a monster and deserve to be killed while the other kid gets off completely. ****ed up country, ****ed up gun laws and ****ed up politicians being idolised by idiots.
you've had too much to drinkQuote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Even more heroic, I’d be running the other way:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
Of course it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
As is going in as a protester with a gun.
Joe Biden called Rittenhouse a White Supremacist apparently.
There are photos of him with the proud boys doing that daft white power sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
But Biden would have been better off keeping quiet just stirs up the lunatic fringe on the other side hero worshiping a 16 year old psychopath. Just completely depressing I can’t imagine being the sort of **** to hero worship someone like that.
Are they a White Supremacist group?Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
Honest question as I do not know anything about them apart from they opposed Antfa.
If he did that then that was stupid, talk about stirring the pot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
It's a mess Mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitman
Most politicians are clowns.
Sigh. No, he didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Yes and it’s quite clear where you get your news. Oppose Antifa ffs :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Knows the in and outs of why Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent but knows “nothing” about the proud boys. Talk about the mask slipping.
I understand the idea 'that taking a rifle to a protest is looking for trouble'. But the reality is that hundreds of thousands of Americans did that over the summer. There were numerous protests with black panthers, white supremacist militias and local militias all in attendance.
If you decide that just being there with a rifle means he should go down, then there are hundreds and hundreds of thousands of others who need to be in prison with him.
I’m saying the law is wrong, it’s ****ing nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisp_1927
That law allowed him to kill 3 people and get no punishment at all for it. It’s nuts.
Taking a rifle to a protest is looking for trouble, nothing will convince me otherwise.
I agree, there's no way that allowing armed militias with military grade weapons to roam the streets is a good idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
My only issue is when I see the comments from people arguing that he should go down , as taking a rifle was provocation. Without acknowledging that there were hundreds of thousands of others acting in an equally provocative way.
Unfortunately , Rittenhouse isn't the only pathetic little man who likes to wander the streets armed like a soldier
If I lived in the US, I'd be worried about going anywhere with a crowd. You just don't know what's round the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisp_1927
I'm sure the chances of getting into a scrape with an automatic are tiny, but still...