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Author Topic: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?  (Read 34558 times)

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #255 on: November 20, 2021, 03:16:39 PM »
Greetings!

LET JUSTICE RING OUT!

Sweet, sweet victory, indeed! The fundamental right to self defense is again, affirmed.

It is also revealed with even more clarity how full our nation is with evil, racist, hate-filled Marxist tyrants that want to destroy our Republic, and make every man a slave.

Especially WHITE MEN. Especially CONSERVATIVES.

The absolute naked racism, hatred, and disgusting corruption that has been revealed in the cock-sucking Marxist prosecutors efforts during this trial is so damning.

ALL AMERICA CAN SEE! Everyone can see exactly what the fucking Liberal Marxists would do to YOU if they had the opportunity.

Oh yeah. Lots and lots of trees need to be decorated good.

All of these fucking Liberal Marxist scum will fuck around and find out that we will not go quietly into the night!

Semper Fidelis,

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #256 on: November 20, 2021, 05:43:52 PM »
The Chair of the House Judiciary committee calls for the continuation of the witch hunt: "This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ. Justice cannot tolerate armed persons crossing state lines looking for trouble while people engage in First Amendment-protected protest."
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1461775482496724998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Go Fund Me has clarified that they wouldn't let Rittenhouse raise money for his legal defense when he needed it, but now that the trial is over it's okay:
https://medium.com/gofundme-stories/gofundme-policy-on-fundraisers-for-the-legal-defense-of-violent-crimes-975aff8ba5f6

From what I read it looks like one can have a Go Fund Me after an acquittal, even Rittenhouse. Sounds to me like Go Fund Me is thinking there’s a significant amount of money they’re missing out on. Go Fund Me has always struck me as sketchy no matter who or what is getting funded.

I actually think Gofundme is trying to avoid the lawsuit storm...

This.  Doesn't matter though that they're pretending they're good people now.  At the time, they slandered him just as bad as everyone else.  I'd argue that it is even worse for them than the some rando twitter shill because money is involved.  Unless it involves actual illegal activity on their part, *all* of these "donate" platforms should be required to allow anyone to use their platform.  The users will decide whether or not something is worth donating to.  More importantly, why would you ever trust a platform that caves to the whims of angry Twitter rando mental patients?
The platforms are private businesses. Aren't private businesses allowed to deny services to would-be customers for many reasons, so long as it's not along certain discriminatory lines?

Whose decision is it as to what is discriminatory and what isn't?  Go fund me are the same shitbags who've allowed antifa terrorists caught in the act of throwing Molotov cocktails at people to have fundraisers for their legal defense, yet they refused to allow the same for Kyle.  You can't apply this double standard and retain any credibility.

I'd be happy to platform a conservative competitor in the hopes off putting them out if business, but we all know go fund me will stay in business because there are so many more leftists who are engaged in criminal activity than there are conservatives.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #257 on: November 20, 2021, 06:06:36 PM »
NPR was more balanced than I expected, which isn't saying a lot. They mentioned the riots were initiated by the death of a black man...
Did they actually suggest that Jacob Blake died?

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #258 on: November 20, 2021, 06:34:20 PM »
NPR was more balanced than I expected, which isn't saying a lot. They mentioned the riots were initiated by the death of a black man...
Did they actually suggest that Jacob Blake died?

Greetings!

I don't know about NPR, but I have heard video clips of CNN and MSNBC saying that Jacob Blake was killed by the police.

Outright fucking LYING. All of the fucking Liberal cunt Marxists are such lying scum. Geesus, we need to clean fucking house with these filthy, lying, corrupt rats. That is all they do is chew, and lie, and scheme, and work to destroy America.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #259 on: November 20, 2021, 06:44:50 PM »
Think you'd get a permaban if you posted this on The Purple Shithole:
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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #260 on: November 20, 2021, 06:52:06 PM »
The platforms are private businesses.
Pull the other leg.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #261 on: November 20, 2021, 06:52:39 PM »
NPR was more balanced than I expected, which isn't saying a lot. They mentioned the riots were initiated by the death of a black man...
Did they actually suggest that Jacob Blake died?
My error, not theirs.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #262 on: November 20, 2021, 07:07:27 PM »
Think you'd get a permaban if you posted this on The Purple Shithole:

Sure. You’d be banned for rubbing it in their faces. From their perspective it’d be an easy call, and would provide them with an easy avenue to feel righteous. Don’t give the mods an easy endorphin hit. Better for them to try to spend their time coming up with a rule to ban anything supportive of the verdict in the Rittenhouse trial if that’s what they want, but I also think they want to have such a rule not be so blunt and obvious.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #263 on: November 20, 2021, 07:09:30 PM »
Sure. You’d be banned for rubbing it in their faces. From their perspective it’d be an easy call, and would provide them with an easy avenue to feel righteous. Don’t give the mods an easy endorphin hit. Better for them to try to spend their time coming up with a rule to ban anything supportive of the verdict in the Rittenhouse trial if that’s what they want, but I also think they want to have such a rule not be so blunt and obvious.

I haven't posted there in close to a decade, it might even be worth it to go out in style.  ;D

Or maybe this:


Or this:
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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #264 on: November 20, 2021, 07:18:58 PM »
The Chair of the House Judiciary committee calls for the continuation of the witch hunt: "This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ. Justice cannot tolerate armed persons crossing state lines looking for trouble while people engage in First Amendment-protected protest."
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1461775482496724998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Go Fund Me has clarified that they wouldn't let Rittenhouse raise money for his legal defense when he needed it, but now that the trial is over it's okay:
https://medium.com/gofundme-stories/gofundme-policy-on-fundraisers-for-the-legal-defense-of-violent-crimes-975aff8ba5f6

From what I read it looks like one can have a Go Fund Me after an acquittal, even Rittenhouse. Sounds to me like Go Fund Me is thinking there’s a significant amount of money they’re missing out on. Go Fund Me has always struck me as sketchy no matter who or what is getting funded.

I actually think Gofundme is trying to avoid the lawsuit storm...

This.  Doesn't matter though that they're pretending they're good people now.  At the time, they slandered him just as bad as everyone else.  I'd argue that it is even worse for them than the some rando twitter shill because money is involved.  Unless it involves actual illegal activity on their part, *all* of these "donate" platforms should be required to allow anyone to use their platform.  The users will decide whether or not something is worth donating to.  More importantly, why would you ever trust a platform that caves to the whims of angry Twitter rando mental patients?
The platforms are private businesses. Aren't private businesses allowed to deny services to would-be customers for many reasons, so long as it's not along certain discriminatory lines?

Whose decision is it as to what is discriminatory and what isn't?  Go fund me are the same shitbags who've allowed antifa terrorists caught in the act of throwing Molotov cocktails at people to have fundraisers for their legal defense, yet they refused to allow the same for Kyle.  You can't apply this double standard and retain any credibility.

I'd be happy to platform a conservative competitor in the hopes off putting them out if business, but we all know go fund me will stay in business because there are so many more leftists who are engaged in criminal activity than there are conservatives.
The law determines what is discrimination and what is not. If you don't like it, laws can change, but they may also change in directions you don't like.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #265 on: November 20, 2021, 08:14:12 PM »
I'd be happy to platform a conservative competitor in the hopes off putting them out if business, but we all know go fund me will stay in business because there are so many more leftists who are engaged in criminal activity than there are conservatives.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #266 on: November 20, 2021, 08:18:20 PM »
The Chair of the House Judiciary committee calls for the continuation of the witch hunt: "This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ. Justice cannot tolerate armed persons crossing state lines looking for trouble while people engage in First Amendment-protected protest."
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1461775482496724998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Go Fund Me has clarified that they wouldn't let Rittenhouse raise money for his legal defense when he needed it, but now that the trial is over it's okay:
https://medium.com/gofundme-stories/gofundme-policy-on-fundraisers-for-the-legal-defense-of-violent-crimes-975aff8ba5f6

From what I read it looks like one can have a Go Fund Me after an acquittal, even Rittenhouse. Sounds to me like Go Fund Me is thinking there’s a significant amount of money they’re missing out on. Go Fund Me has always struck me as sketchy no matter who or what is getting funded.

I actually think Gofundme is trying to avoid the lawsuit storm...

This.  Doesn't matter though that they're pretending they're good people now.  At the time, they slandered him just as bad as everyone else.  I'd argue that it is even worse for them than the some rando twitter shill because money is involved.  Unless it involves actual illegal activity on their part, *all* of these "donate" platforms should be required to allow anyone to use their platform.  The users will decide whether or not something is worth donating to.  More importantly, why would you ever trust a platform that caves to the whims of angry Twitter rando mental patients?
The platforms are private businesses. Aren't private businesses allowed to deny services to would-be customers for many reasons, so long as it's not along certain discriminatory lines?

Whose decision is it as to what is discriminatory and what isn't?  Go fund me are the same shitbags who've allowed antifa terrorists caught in the act of throwing Molotov cocktails at people to have fundraisers for their legal defense, yet they refused to allow the same for Kyle.  You can't apply this double standard and retain any credibility.

I'd be happy to platform a conservative competitor in the hopes off putting them out if business, but we all know go fund me will stay in business because there are so many more leftists who are engaged in criminal activity than there are conservatives.
The law determines what is discrimination and what is not. If you don't like it, laws can change, but they may also change in directions you don't like.

And isn't that the point?  Those who sued a baker for refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding are the same lot who cheered GoFundMe for removing Rittenhouse's fundraiser.  If a baker can be sued for exercising their 1st amendment rights, then GoFundMe can be sued for violating Rittenhouse's 1st and 5th amendment rights.

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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #267 on: November 20, 2021, 08:23:43 PM »
Not guilty on all charges!

Good.  The media really went too far with this one.  Extreme dishonesty about something any of us can see on video.  He was being chased with intent to do harm or kill.  One dude even fired a fucking gun.  Sure the kid was playing vigilante super hero and is clearly a moron but that doesn’t mean his life is forfeit when he’s being attacked.

Why is he "clearly a moron?"

Someone with a firearm should consider the possibility they may need to use it.  I think his actions ultimately are just but he’s too young to be playing Punisher.

He was clearly excellently trained. He held back from firing until he had absolutely no other choice (other than the one the Left wanted him to make: just let the Antifa terrorists murder him), and yet even then he made three perfect shots.  There's SAS guys who would envy that.
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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #268 on: November 20, 2021, 08:27:35 PM »
John Farnam once said: 'Avoid stupid people. Avoid stupid places. Avoid stupid people doing stupid things.'

I would give Rittenhouse one hell of a chewing out for violating that.

But that doesn't qualify for criminal charges. And it doesn't require him to let a mob tear him apart either.
I agree with this with a caveat. When a mob shows up in your neighborhood to riot you weren’t given the choice of location. If mob showed up in my neighborhood my neighbors and I would arm up and be prepared to defend ourselves. Most people who live in cities and states without crazy gun control laws would.

I wouldn’t go across town to meet up with a bunch of people I may not know very well, with whom there hasn’t been any practice of group tactics and maneuver, and where I didn’t know the terrain very well to where I would have to use Google to find locations. I think part of the reason why Rittenhouse was attacked (in conjunction with his attackers being stupid asses) was that he was separated from the rest of his group. Predators in nature go after the prey that gets separated from the herd.

None of what I said above justifies the mob coming after him. Rittenhouse lawfully defended himself, but it could have gone very wrong for him. He could have been killed. He could have received a verdict that sent him away for the rest of his life. The jury decided correctly, but every jury decision is a roll of the dice, and that can always come up snake eyes.

The left continues to howl that they would be alive if he hasn't been there that night with a rifle.  Yes - this is true. And irrelevant.  What they ought to be saying is that they would be alive if they hadn't shown up to riot and try to kill a 17 year old for trying to put out the fires they set. They would still be alive if the Dem  mayor hadn't forced the police to abandon the streets to the mob. They would still be alive if the Dem governor had brought in guardsmen after three days of riots

The other thing that no one on the left is willing to acknowledge: legitimate protests had shut down earlier in the day - "protestors" out there that late were up to no good.

In the likely upcoming riots, the police and national guard *have* to apply a zero tolerance approach.  Try to set a fire, break a window, or assault people and you'll be shot.  Protest turns violent and they order the crowd to disperse and they don't and they'll receive plenty of taserings, tear gas, and wooden shampoo.

We *know* that organized protestors on both sides who show up actually bearing firearms are likely to be peaceful.  It's the disaffected 30 year old purple-haired with questionable sexuality intersectional studies student turds and their Marxist professors that are the problem.  Pretty much anyone with made-up pronouns in their social media profile is going to be a problem.  These are people who are unable to think other than emotionally whose rioting is a grown-up-child tantrum.
Let's test your theory. Remind us all again,, what were the preferred pronouns of the three people Kyle shot?

Doesn't matter now - two are taking permanent dirt naps and the third isn't going to be rioting any time soon.

And yet is not facing any charges for his crime.
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Re: So, how about that Rittenhouse trial?
« Reply #269 on: November 20, 2021, 08:28:32 PM »
Riots in Brooklyn, NY and Portland, OR.

And yet not in Kenosha. Looks like someone is afraid that now there'll be 1000 Kyles waiting for them.

That's what we need everywhere.
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