Posted on 11/23/2021 4:12:24 AM PST by Kaslin
The sunshine patriots are at it again, folks. In either another unreciprocated attempt to appear even-handed, or from a deep sense of shame at their own meekness, a number of conservatives are bleating that, while they support Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal, they nonetheless take pains to emphasize that he is not a hero.
Tom Slater at Spiked writes that Rittenhouse should have stayed at home. John Kass of the Chicago Tribune also writes that Rittenhouse shouldn’t have been there, and that he’ll carry the “stain” of this forever. Tiana Lowe at the Washington Examiner writes that Rittenhouse’s victimization doesn’t automatically confer heroism, and that he “should never have gone to an active riot zone in defiance of a curfew.” Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz (who defended Jeffrey Epstein in court and who argues the age of consent for sex should be fifteen) likewise says Rittenhouse shouldn’t have come to Kenosha.
Former police chief Dan Llorens lets readers know six times that Rittenhouse is “no hero” and speculates that, as Rittenhouse grows older, “perhaps he will begin to understand.” Because nothing wins over a skeptical audience like belittling condescension. Yet, one wonders how the Kenosha police officers -- the ones actually there during the riots -- felt about the armed citizen patrols as they handed them bottled water and told them, “We appreciate you guys, we really do.” Perhaps Llorens could lecture these officers about their need to “begin to understand.”
To the aforementioned commentators, allow me a polite suggestion. Next time your country, city, or neighbor needs some fellow citizens willing to step up, take your own advice and stay home. There is some clear misunderstanding on your part as to the meaning of heroism. If being a hero means penning opinions from the safety of our computers,
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Everything was great until the “Gee, I think BLM is OK” comment. Hopefully he’ll outgrow that. But who knows?
Yes he is a hero. He should run for Mayor, 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.
He probably developed Stockholm syndrome in jail.
Oh..give it a break.
He clarified that in the interview w Tucker. ..give it a break
What'd he say?
Exactly.
Cases in point: Dubya, Roy Moore, Pence, Sessions, Mattis, Fox News, Drudge, the list goes on.
Rittenhouse was absolutely not guilty and I hope he sues the daylights out of the MSM. My support ended there - going all-in on any person is rarely a smart idea.
“...should never have gone to an active riot zone ...”
So this writer thinks we should turn the streets over to the radicals?? Come you lilly liver lefties and burn, burn, burn!
Read the article.
Its not going all in...we applaud him at age 18..
As for the BLM comment, he is young, had a lot of time to think in jail and at home, and talked himself into trying to see it from the other side.
Give him some time reviewing the current situation as his lawsuits go forward and all these groups keep saying what they are saying about him, and you might get some different opinions this time next year.
Read the article.
Did you even hear his second comment? He said he believes everyone has a right to protest. THAT was the context of his BLM comment.
Watch the Tucker interview
He's a teenager. Teenagers are frequently full of contradictory ideas. Many conservatives rushed to declare him "our guy." He says one thing about BLM (which, btw, I've heard worse from teenagers) and the adults think the kid is the problem, when it's the hero-worshipping adults who (again) stepped in it. Imagine what would happen if he unfurled a rainbow flag - people would be turning about even harder.
It happened with Gen. Mattis and others, where conservatives wind up eating their support because they didn't exercise due diligence.
The kid defended himself legally. Good on him. The cause for sainthood ends there until further notice.
Where did he say that?
“Gee, I think BLM is OK”
I was surprised about that but he was referring to BLUE Lives Matter.
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