Society/Culture Kyle Rittenhouse

If this case proves one thing it’s that colour doesn’t matter as much as one’s political leaning.
In what respect? Colour in the US definitiely matters in relation to the justice system - arrest rates and severity of prison sentence and the like.
 
I mean that a white guy shot some white people and it’s a race issue, only because of the ideaologies of the people that died.
And the ideologies of the people that have been making Kyle Rittenhouse Did Nothing Wrong memes. And the entire social hierarchy of the US, and really all the white-settled nations of the world.
 
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I mean that a white guy shot some white people and it’s a race issue, only because of the ideaologies of the people that died.

If the shoe was on the other foot, and it was say an Africa or Asian American who went to one of those nutjob Proud Boys rallies/protests and shot up/killed a couple of crazy loons who attended that protest, do you think most of the people happy Rittenhouse got off.

Think you are being a bit naive if you think Race has not clouded many people's biases in this case, at least in the US.
 

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To protect a car yard he had nothing to do with.
That was the bullshit story his defence come up with after the event. There were no protestors or rioters in the vicinity of the car lot. One of the owners, and a technician, we’re working as normal.

The lot just happened to be on a corner where some armed vigilantes had gathered, when Rittenhouse assimilated with them.

The owners testified at the trial they had not asked the group to protect their business, or gave them permission to do so. They were clearly trouble makers, who scared the bejeesus out of them, so they weren’t inclined to order them to disperse - in time they moved on seeking greater action.
 
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If the shoe was on the other foot, and it was say an Africa or Asian American who went to one of those nutjob Proud Boys rallies/protests and shot up/killed a couple of crazy loons who attended that protest, do you think most of the people happy Rittenhouse got off.

Think you are being a bit naive if you think Race has not clouded many people's biases in this case, at least in the US.
Would the victims be African American or Asian (for an apples to apples comparison)?
 
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I like how the OK symbol is now the white supremacists sign. Do you know for a fact Kyle knew what it meant?

If you're standing with the Proud Boys doing that sign with others it looks like a signal for white supremacy.

Blame the white supremacists for co-opting it
 
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