• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    His stated purpose of being there and taking his gun was to protect property (by taking lives if necessary) from people who were damaging property in order to protect lives (the BLM protests).

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        2 days ago

        Why did he have a gun? You don’t take a gun with you unless you’re ready to use it. You don’t use a gun unless you’re ready to kill whatever you are pointing it at.
        Otherwise you’re a complete fucking idiot that should have never been allowed around a gun in the first place.

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      3 days ago

      Huh. I don’t really consider Kyle Rittenhouse a valid source of my moral philosophy, so I’ve never heard his manifesto before.

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        3 days ago

        Considering the lack of consequences for his actions, and that he’s been paraded around since by the party that won the election, it shows the moral philosophy of the country and its legal system.

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          2 days ago

          His “actions” were nothing but him stopping people who were in the act of trying to murder him unprovoked.

          Despite all of the ridiculous politicization of the events in Kenosha that day, that is the fact of the matter. His life was directly threatened for no reason, he tried to flee, was eventually cornered, and used his weapon to stop the aggressor from making good on his threat.

          It is not immoral or illegal to use lethal force to protect your life from an imminent threat.

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            2 days ago
            1. why was he there in the first place? Inserting yourself into a dangerous situation so that you have an excuse to shoot someone in “self defense” is vigilantism.

            2. why was he invited to speak at political events after the fact? Lots of people have their “life threatened for no reason” and exercise their right to self defense, none of them have been invited to speak at political events. What was differnt about Rittenhouse’s situation that made him a good candidate to give speeches?

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          3 days ago

          At best it only shows the moral philosophy of the plurality of people who bothered to vote, and your defeatism is tantamount to enabling their attitude.

          One guy had an idea of the relationship between property and (black) lives and got into a fight which ended in a death and was acquitted for murder.

          Do you think that because Casey Anthony was acquitted, America thinks killing kids is no biggie? What if a few people signal boosted her to rabble rouse their base?

          It’s a handful of morons who are now disproportionately at the helm. They don’t speak for you or me.

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            3 days ago

            Do you think that because Casey Anthony was acquitted, America thinks killing kids is no biggie?

            Gestures broadly

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                3 days ago

                Yes, that’s exactly what I said. You are definitely communicating in good faith and continuing to respond to you would be a good use of my time.

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                  3 days ago

                  Oh no, someone gave up on arguing with you in good faith when you’ve been glib this entire time!

                  Everyone else but you has to play by the rules, eh?

                  • grue@lemmy.worldM
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                    3 days ago

                    Using obvious sarcasm as a rhetorical technique is not in bad faith.

                    Aggressively playing dumb to manufacture an excuse to attack the person doing so as if his argument were sincere, even though you yourself admit you knew he’d “been glib this entire time,” however, is in bad faith.

                    This is your warning.