Defending your friends gas station when the government has abandoned its duty to keep civil order is not stupid.
“As stupid as Kyle Rittenhouse was to be running around Kenosha carrying a semi-automatic rifle last week...”
If this pathetic trope is going to keep showing up, again and again, it should be pointed out that ALL of the rioting “protestors” are EVEN STUPIDER.
The police are and their leadership are EVEN STUPIDER to stand around doing nothing while people are rioting.
So, the answer is, No. Kyle wasn’t stupid. He was surrounded by STUPID adults.