| IvorEvilen said: I'm gonna have a bit more sympathy for someone out there protecting their own property, particularly their home. Otherwise, I'm gonna trust that they have insurance and can weather the unfortunate turn of events. If you seriously think it is worth risking your life in defense of things, well, that's your prerogative. But we as a society still reserve the right to judge your actions. The reality was that the vast majority of people and property were at minimal to no risk of damage over the course of the summer of 2020. I'm sorry if you were negatively impacted by the riots in any shape or form, but I suspect most people are outraged by the hypothetical, not the actual scenario. There are legal remedies to damages that were sustained. But we unfortunately cannot bring the dead back to life. While I am disappointed in the results of the Rittenhouse trial, I would rather see legislative reform rather than outrage leading people down a path to anarchy. If both sides do not think the law can protect them, whether physical, property, or otherwise, we go down a dangerous path. |
Lmao. You really think a lot of insurance companies will pay for everything? How naive. They will fight tooth and nail to only pay the bare minimum of what you should be getting.
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I cannot really comment on Binger, because myself, like many Americans, do not really care to educate myself on gun operation. I do not need to know how to operate a firearm to know how dangerous they are. I can see the data. I have talked to a number of Americans who think that me not knowing something about gun operation is a "gotcha" moment. I do not give two-shits about how to operate a gun. It's a deadly weapon. I have no need for such an instrument. |
It's not a gotcha moment. It's a prime example of people not knowing what the fuck they're talking about and trying to make a point. Nobody told him to get hold of the gun and point it at the jury in that manner. It's his ignorance seeping out. If you don't give two-shits about it when he's trying to make a closing argument, then that's just hilarious. If you feel that you don't need guns, then you be you. But let people who are decent to have them if they feel that they need it. If we live in an alternate reality and succeed in taking away guns, another thing will just emerge from it. Or the bad ones will have it. Case in point. Nazi Germany.
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IvorEvilen said:
For your last point, to deny the race element in this entire discussion is kind of "missing the point"... and also assuming all of this happened in a vacuum. This was a racially charged issue from its inception. As another commenter pointed out above, this particular night of rioting was occurring during demonstrations following the Jacob Blake shooting. Rittenhouse was there with a gun to assist police officers in policing demonstrations that were intended to protest excessive use of force by police and over-militarization of police, particularly against minorities and people of color (this was the political speech I was referencing in my initial post). The fact that police did not see Rittenhouse as a threat, in contrast to the widely publicized incidents of police being too quick to shoot now and ask questions later when dealing with people of color... just seemed to provide even more evidence for people that police are crooked. Not to mention Rittenhouse getting all buddy-buddy with white nationalists... Yikes. I cannot convince you that media is not biased. But there is a distinction between news reporting, editorializing, and entertainment. None of the media I consumed was "preaching things that never happened", but there was investigative reporting, interviews, analyses of the trial, etc. All of this was evidence-based or clarified that "details were not verified". The more outlandish things I saw were always on social media (left and right) about completely fabricated details that I could not fathom where they were coming from. |
Yes. You cannot convince me as this post of yours reeks so much bias. I'm merely killing time here and having some fun trying to see how a lot of you folks twist this thing to make it seem like there was no justice here. It's like a small version of Twitter in here. Nothing but an Echo chamber to validate your beliefs.
By the way, you forgot to mention that Kyle was also there helping the community before the shooting happened. Also if I remember correctly, his friends and family live in Kenosha. But who cares. He shouldn't have drove 20+ miles to go to a community and try to help. It's not as if violence wasn't being rampant throughout that time to which the media would say, it has been a "fiery but peaceful protests" while a whole fucking building burns at the background.
One last thing. If you're trying to disparage his character for being a white supremacist because he maybe friends with one. Be careful who you make friends with. If you are friends with closet Neo-Nazi, by that logic, I will label you a Neo-Nazi as well. Birds of the same feather right? What a great argument!
