The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial is More Than Just a Trial. It’s a National Rorschach Test…

Flopping Aces ^ | 11-18-21 | Vince

[Starman417]

The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is more than just a trial.  It’s a Rorschach test with only two possible answers.

The basic facts of the case are widely accepted by everyone, that Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the night of August 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin amid a violent uprising that had been going on for days.

Beyond that there’s pretty much nothing that’s agreed upon.  America is of two minds.  On one side are the people who believe that Rittenhouse is innocent and acted in self defense.  On the other are people who think that Rittenhouse is guilty of murder.

The schism itself has little to do with Kyle Rittenhouse, at least directly.  Instead it has virtually everything to do with how people look at America writ large.  Most of those who want to see Rittenhouse convicted were supportive of the riots and violence that erupted across the country last year.  It’s largely the people on the left, the people who find racism everywhere they look, find injustice and inequality everywhere they look, the people who basically hate America and freedom who want Rittenhouse locked away and the key thrown away.

On the other side are Americans who were horrified by what they saw 18 months ago, and not just the destruction that played out on their television screens night after night.  No, what was even more disturbing was that in many locales the police (usually neutered by politicians) were simply allowing it to happen.  These are the Americans who generally support the police and abhor the tyranny of the mob. At the same time they understand the concepts of private property and the rule of law, both of which are fundamental to our Republic.

So once the verdict is handed down, the perspective that many Americans have on it will not be based on the facts presented in the courtroom, but rather their perspective on America.  And that’s problematic.  Why?  Because of the fact that we have in the United States a media that is fully ensconced in the anti-America camp, and to the degree that so many Americans look to it as they formulate their opinions on America, that doesn’t bode well for the Republic.  A century ago Mark Twain popularized the phrase “"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" which referred to the notion that people’s lack of understanding of statistics could be used to reinforce weak arguments.  Today a more appropriate construction might be “Lies, damned lies and the media”.

Much of what went on in the streets of the country 18 months ago was driven by the media.  Much as they did with Vietnam, the media manipulated coverage, outright fabricated stories and covered up the reality of what was going on in the streets in order to destroy Donald Trump and further their hard left objectives.

2020 was something of a perfect storm of opportunity and the cabal on the left spun it into fascist gold.  Today in America we’re living the lives George Orwell warned us about.  Reality and rationality simply don’t matter.

Every single person with a functioning brain understands that society cannot work if people are allowed to go into a store and simply walk out with anything they want, never bothering to stop and pay for said goods.  They understand that a nation cannot survive without a functioning system of law and order. They understand that a society cannot survive if anyone from anywhere can simply walk across its borders and not only stay, but be supported by the state.   They understand that mobs and mob rule never, ever, make life better for citizens and only result in chaos, brutality, subjugation and even death.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Ping

[heshtesh]

I’m of firm belief if you were put in a position where you had to shoot someone and walk away with no one the wiser there’s not a chance in hell I would say anything.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yes. Race determines who’s guilty.

[heshtesh]

I would not say anything.

[TheConservativeTejano]

For us plain folk that live out in the hinterlands the trial should not have been closed and shut.

Someone who did all the rioting, looting, destroying property and burning property and buildings will have to pay for all the damage that they did period.

BLM should pay!!!!

I have talked to some blacks and they all say the same thing which is release Kyle from any "Jail Responsibility."

[4Liberty]

[crz]

Let em. Let em throw down and beat the livin hell out of each other.

[Ancesthntr]

"Every single person with a functioning brain understands that society cannot work if people are allowed to go into a store and simply walk out with anything they want, never bothering to stop and pay for said goods. They understand that a nation cannot survive without a functioning system of law and order. They understand that a society cannot survive if anyone from anywhere can simply walk across its borders and not only stay, but be supported by the state. They understand that mobs and mob rule never, ever, make life better for citizens and only result in chaos, brutality, subjugation and even death."

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What many of those with a functioning brain *don't* understand is that this is the goal of the rioting and the lack of anything even close to traditional law and order.

Cui bono? Who benefits? Look at that closely, and you'll find those who hate America as it was founded and operated for over 200 years, who simply want to utterly dominate the people and territory that make up the present USA.

[Boogieman]

Yep, I think there will be at least one or two leftie women on the jury who will insist on voting “guilty” no matter what the evidence says.

[Boogieman]

Funny, but it wasn’t the child rapist that had the skateboard, it was the domestic abuser.

[sauropod]

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[griswold3]

^^

[Kevmo]

Here's my reading of the Kenosha Kyle Rorshach Test. He should run for mayor of Kenosha, then guvner, then president.

Kenosha Pentathlon

1) Run... from mob.
2) Shoot... felons only. Hat trick.
3) Jail... raise at least $500k.
4) Trial... acquittal, sue the MSM like the Covington Kid.
5) Run... for mayor, then guvner, then president. 2nd Hat trick.