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Rittenhouse's Counsel: Defending a Client, Not a Cause | 161 comments (161 topical)

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Those armed men walked around all night with no (3.00 / 2) (#15)
by Juanita Moreno on Tue Nov 23, 2021 at 09:30:35 AM EST
problems until a crazy man decided to target and attack the weakest and most inexperienced of them, a teenager. Protecting your community is a reasonable thing to do. Calling someone the N-word, telling him you're going to kill him, then chasing him down and trying to take his weapon is not reasonable.

The videos made that night show that none of the armed men trying to protect their community did anything wrong.

Jondee, you could ignore all of the testimony and simply watch the videos of Rosenbaum's aggressive hostility and you might understand where the problem originated.

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Look at the evidence (5.00 / 1) (#60)
by ladybug on Wed Nov 24, 2021 at 03:24:02 PM EST
The parts of your comments that stick out most for me is your argument to look at all the evidence that points to self-defense. I don't see where all the vitriol toward you is coming from other than your posts are so long! I remember all the excellent discussions here during the Zimmermnan trial and came back hoping for more on this trial, but most of these comments seem to be ad hominem. Kind of supports some of what you're saying (although there is certainly a lot there to pick and choose from).

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Yet somehow, no one else (1.00 / 1) (#80)
by Towanda on Wed Nov 24, 2021 at 06:43:45 PM EST
shot even one person, while Rittenhouse shot three.

Here in Isconsin, most of us see hat he is a thug.

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An inexperienced teenager with a semi-automatic (none / 0) (#82)
by oculus on Wed Nov 24, 2021 at 09:06:51 PM EST
Slung across his body.

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Client versus cause (none / 0) (#83)
by ladybug on Wed Nov 24, 2021 at 10:14:07 PM EST
It seems that most of the commenters here see Rittenhouse as a cause rather than as a defendant in a self-defense case. These are different conversations.

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I (5.00 / 1) (#85)
by FlJoe on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 04:58:49 AM EST
confess to that, the cause being absolutely against vigilante justice.

I have no doubt that Rittenhouse was in fear for his life, IMO he is a coward, as many of these gun humpers are.

The problem as I see it is that it all seems to boil down to the equation, coward + gun = license to kill.

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Often more effect than cause (5.00 / 1) (#87)
by CaptHowdy on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 07:25:34 AM EST
I think most of the vigilante cowboys carry guns because they are cowards.  Afraid of everyone and everything.

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Also (5.00 / 1) (#89)
by CaptHowdy on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 07:40:29 AM EST
I know from my own family members they are often picked on and bullied as children so they grow up wanting to be a cop.  If they can't do that, three in my family did, it's easy to see why the guns and the membership in a group is so attractive to them.

Seriously check out a group pic of these guys.  Not usually many captains of sports or prom kings in sight.

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Instant (5.00 / 1) (#90)
by FlJoe on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 08:01:34 AM EST
courage and manhood enhancer.

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A generality. (none / 0) (#84)
by oculus on Wed Nov 24, 2021 at 10:54:02 PM EST


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Projection (5.00 / 1) (#88)
by CaptHowdy on Thu Nov 25, 2021 at 07:28:04 AM EST


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