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Once and For All: Kyle Rittenhouse Is No Hero
Liberty Coalition ^ | 11/29/2021 | Andy

Posted on 11/30/2021 6:10:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind

I’ve seen this claim on both the left and the right. It is wrong. Kyle Rittenhouse is no hero. Not at all. He did nothing heroic. Not. One. Thing. At least on that fateful night when he shot three people. One might rightfully grant him kudos for his testimony in court and his subsequent statements after the trial. However, it certainly appears to me that so many are determined to label his actions on the night for which he was tried and acquitted for as heroic. I strongly disagree.

Kyle Rittenhouse defended his life. End of story. Whatever else one might say about him and his actions it all boils down to that. It was self preservation, plain and simple. There is nothing wrong with that. Self defense is our God-given, constitutionally protected right. It was his right. He acted accordingly and rightfully so.

This is the crux – the very point Kyle Rittenhouse correctly defended his actions when he was wrongfully charged and tried. This is the spearhead we need to thrust into the false balloon of the left.

One may debate about Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions before and/or after the shootings. Debate all you want, if Rittenhouse did anything the prosecution could have charged him with – they would have done so without hesitation.

The only conclusion left to make is while those actions may have been ill-advised they were not illegal. Let him without sin cast the first stone.

During closing arguments, the prosecution tried to paint those who attacked Kyle Rittenhouse as heroes. They tried to contrast Rittenhouse by anticipating, likely incorrectly, that the defense would say Kyle Rittenhouse was a hero. Both sides knew this would be a mistake. The stand the defense took from the beginning was Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense. Nothing more. Nothing less.

It was the correct and accurate defense. The men who were shot were shot because they threatened the life on Kyle Rittenhouse. The question put to the jury was essentially “was Kyle Rittenhouse reasonably in fear for his life each time he pulled the trigger?”. The jury replied in each case, “yes”.


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1 posted on 11/30/2021 6:10:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The author is an ass.


2 posted on 11/30/2021 6:12:45 PM PST by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: SeekAndFind
The only conclusion left to make is while those actions may have been ill-advised they were not illegal.

When the enemy is burning your town to the ground, it is ill-advised to try to stop them.

3 posted on 11/30/2021 6:13:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: SeekAndFind

Shooting marxists makes him a hero to me


4 posted on 11/30/2021 6:13:16 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: P-Marlowe

...hole.


5 posted on 11/30/2021 6:13:21 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: SeekAndFind

Idiotic. Of course he was. He was there protecting his community with a scrub brush, a fire extinguisher, and a rifle when the rioter attacked him. He comported himself well in court also.

he did those things when the “men” of that community let the savages run wild as they pleased.


6 posted on 11/30/2021 6:14:34 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ignore the putting out fires, standing up to the mob and doing what very few have the guts to do. Oh, and the great training and practice that enabled him to successfully retain and use his weapon. Other than that, nothing special.


7 posted on 11/30/2021 6:15:08 PM PST by griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

The author must be a metrosexual.


8 posted on 11/30/2021 6:15:43 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: griffin

GREAT JOB KYLE!!!
POYB!!


9 posted on 11/30/2021 6:17:16 PM PST by griffin
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To: SeekAndFind
Rittenhouse was a smooth operator of a seventeen year old. He kept his cool when he could have panicked and mowed down the whole murderous crowd.
10 posted on 11/30/2021 6:17:43 PM PST by Theophilus (Thes so-called "vaccines" are the top three comorbidities)
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To: SeekAndFind

Andy says rittenhouse is not a hero.

That’s his opinion, I disagree.

Rittenhouse was doing his civic duty.

In our world now that makes him a hero just like the firefighters, policeman who go the extra mile


11 posted on 11/30/2021 6:18:34 PM PST by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: SeekAndFind

Idiotic. Of course he was. He was there protecting his community with a scrub brush, a fire extinguisher, and a rifle when the rioter attacked him. He comported himself well in court also.


12 posted on 11/30/2021 6:18:37 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: SeekAndFind

Kyle went to the riots to render aid to the injured and protect his home town. Yes, Kenosha was his town.

The riots ended after the 8th bullet left the barrel of his gun. He still had 22 rounds left.

The cops were too chicken to end the rioting. Kyle did it in less than a minute.

Yes, he was a hero. Still is.


13 posted on 11/30/2021 6:18:43 PM PST by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: mrmeyer

Then why haven’t you shot any?


14 posted on 11/30/2021 6:20:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: P-Marlowe

Well stated.


15 posted on 11/30/2021 6:20:59 PM PST by griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

“The only conclusion left to make is while those actions may have been ill-advised they were not illegal. Let him without sin cast the first stone.”

What was the “ill-advised part? The scrubbing off of communist graffiti? The extinguishing of a dumpster fire being pushed towards a gas station? Fleeing a violent mob? Defending his life? Running immediately to turn himself into a cop?

Ill advised indeed.


16 posted on 11/30/2021 6:22:39 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought Kyle had heroic trigger control under extreme stress.


17 posted on 11/30/2021 6:28:19 PM PST by Valpal1
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"The question put to the jury was essentially “was Kyle Rittenhouse reasonably in fear for his life each time he pulled the trigger?”

There is more to the legality of self-defense than reasonably being in fear for your life.

While Kyle may not be a hero, his control is certainly praise-worthy. He pointed his rifle and shot only at the people that were threats when they threatened him. In the middle of that ongoing experience, it was impressive control. Not many people would have pulled it off.

18 posted on 11/30/2021 6:29:15 PM PST by mlo
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Kyle Rittenhouse defended his life. End of story.

No. He went to a riot to protect the property of a neighbor. With a friend by his side, he did that.

His life was threatened but he ignored that and went alone to put out a fire at a church. He put it out.

He continued on alone and offered first aid help to anyone who needed it. He treated several people and most were rioters.

His life was threatened again but he brushed that aside and tried to put out a fire in a burning dumpster being used to set a gas station on fire.

Seems heroic to me but, whether it is or isn't, only an ignoramus would say he "defended his life. End of story." The author is a POS.

19 posted on 11/30/2021 6:29:34 PM PST by TigersEye (Ray Epps didn't kill himself.)
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Kyle Rittenhouse Is A Hero...

He’s shown us Americans can stand up to professional ‘rent a thug’ rioters and come out the other side.

Good for Rittehouse.


20 posted on 11/30/2021 6:29:50 PM PST by GOPJ (Black thugs loot Walgreens:"Oh well". When they loot Louis Vuitton-liberals scream a call to arms.)
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