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I take that back, the one battled bi-polar. Additionally, the one that got shot in the arm, his attack on Grandma was 10 years before when he was a minor. Still ironic that all the folks he happened to shoot had a checkered past.

Actually, all three were folks had rap sheets, all with some serious crimes in them. Folks against Rittenhouse want to claim he went out searching to kill people, if so, just how ironic the three he shot all are horrible people.

Absolutely true, but don't make the mistake of thinking that feeling is on just a political side of the aisle. While praised as the best thing since sliced bread, the BLM riots were not pleasant for folks that lived/worked in or were just near areas that were destroyed. Law and Order candidates even won when it came to candidates with a D attached to their name.

I'm currently in Corpus Christi visiting my BIL. Went to an HEB which is like a Kroger and the mask situation was the same I'd expect in Michigan. Most workers are wearing masks too when you go into gas stations, restaurants, etc. My BIL says the more rural places aren't wearing masks, similar to Michigan. That said, Texas numbers are around 1/2 of what we're seeing in Michigan.

Kyle Rittenhouse Is No Hero If a jury acquits him, it will not be a miscarriage of justice—but an acquittal does not make a foolish man a hero.  By David French Well said by French.

Anyone that did should ask for their money back. As bad as the prosecution was, his defense was atrocious as well. Luckily for him, both were equally bad and cancelled out.

Take 5 minutes out of your life to read up about them. To note, as I said, only a jury has the right in the US to imprison or take someone's life. Rittenhouse doesn't have the right to do so. But, the one was only found guilty of strangulation and false imprisonment of his brother, and later for kicking his sister. But for the other one that died, if anything, when i'm president, Rittenhouse would go to jail for killing him, as he deserved so much worse than what he got. Well, she did deserve to die. IMO, you clearly are determining your view based on MSM. He was there in the first place because 1/2 of the country felt law enforcement should f-off and stay out as lawlessness ruled the day. Legally there is nothing against the law from being a vigilante either. I have every right to approach a stranger in my neighbors yard and tell him to leave if he can't give me a reason why he's there. And should he end up being a danger to me, I have every right to defend myself. As I mentioned, I don't like the idea of a 17 year old with a gun in a dangerous situation, but it wasn't illegal. I would just like to point out that no one else was shot at the Capitol on 1/6. So obviously you're good with outing the law enforcement that shot Babbit, right? But yes, I get you're point. A 17 year old legally brought a rifle into the town, whereas allowing a town to burn in an act of Anarchy, while allowing a child molester, who was just released from the hospital that day for a recent suicide attempt, to run around and start flres likely would have ended well....if it were not for that evil 17 year old that had no issues with anyone else.

funny and all, but while on vacation, this trial is about the only thing I've been paying attention to and man, MSM manages to screw it all up. Is the kid an idiot, yup. But based on the law, there just isn't anything there. Plus MSM is trying to turn this into a racial thing, as the reason Rittenhouse was there was because of the race related event, but he killed two white guys and the third was white as well. The world is better off with both of them dead, but legally, that shouldn't score Rittenhouse points. Should a 17 year old bring a rifle to a hostile protest, nope. Should there be a law against it....i'd support it. But he didn't do anything illegal in doing so. Crazy how the media portrays it and uses the prosecutor for all their soundbites. Also ironic that the media by and large supported BLM and the overall idea behind them. I'm not saying the media and all the left were ACAB supporters, but they were definitely ACAB sympathizers. This prosecutor has ben misrepresenting and over-charged this kid, while painting him as 'bad' while offering so little evidence he did anything legally wrong. The entire closing arguments they clearly pushed for a 'well, if you don't like him, just convict him' approach. MSNBC and all the left wing media sites are going to celebrate unrest, that they created by not providing the facts of the trial and preparing folks for it. Instead they won't just celebrate the unrest, they will bring more folks on to help further incite.

Absolutely true, just an added touch to show their bias.

As I stated from the beginning, this isn't a right or wrong question, there are many different thoughts on this subject which have been shared via social media, media, and politicians. I think you are correct that many were confused and found it juvenile, and as I stated earlier, that was the case for many on the right when it became socially OK to say 'f Trump' (ironic as how those I would expect to get upset with this vulgar langauge (white old people) are now perfectly fine throwing it out there when it fits them). But yes, many people condemned it too: nypost.com/2021/11/01/sorry-media-lets-go-brandon-isnt-a-new-low-in-us-politics/ https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/01/hysterical-nbc-journo-calls-secret-service-over-lets-go-brandon-merch/ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/11/01/cnn-and-msnbc-commentator-gets-educated-after-saying-lets-go-brandon-is-maga-sieg-heil-1156697/

Ahh, ok. And yes, I did say that, because it's true. One of the many 'ewsiegisms' which I think is better defined as 'trueisms' where people on each side find themselves offended by one and proudly saying the other.

So FYI, don't be surprised when Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty, at least on the bigger charges. Heading into the trial and with the video's i've seen before and the news coverage, I kind of had the thought that if those first shots were a toss up on if he was truly scared for his life, it almost didn't matter as he illegally had that gun. Sort of like a drunk driver that gets hit by someone going through a red light. Even if he wasn't technically at fault for the accident...he's still drunk. At least that's the rough idea I had based on the MSM reports of the shooting. I'm just not sure how that works with self defense, at least in Wisconsin. Plus it looks like there is some question on if he was illegally carrying. Add into it that the first guy he shot was absolutely the aggressor and Rittenhouse attempted to stay and report the shooting, until it was obvious it was too dangerous for him to stay. The guy he shot in the arm stated he thought Rittenhouse was an active shooter and hence why he was following him, but stated he was scared for Rittenhouse's life, especially when he was attacked with the skateboard and than added that Rittenhouse did not shoot him until he lowered his hands and pointed his gun at Rittenhouse. If you're interested in what you shouldn't do if you're a lawyer, go watch the photographer that was on the stand go at it with the prosecutor. 'No more questions' would have been his best friend, but nope, kept going after the witness and kept getting put in his place. Simply unreal.

I'm not going to lie, i'm lost. It's obvious you threw off your shirt and ready to rumble, but that's about all I can figure out right now. Did some media and members of the left point to anyone saying "Let's go Brandon" and call them racist, horrible human beings...yes. Are folks on the right saying it because they think it's a neat way to say Fuck Joe Biden...yes. Did the woke left/media work to put SouthWest airlines under pressure over a pilot saying "Let's go Brandon", which surprisingly faded away after the supposed audio that was used to prove it had some folks ask if it could have been 'Let's go Braves" and then it was determined that pilot audio was from a flight weeks earlier, before "Lets go Brandon" even started...yes. When the dems were able to get the Infrastructure bill over the hill, did democrats use the same "Let's go Brandon" to mock republicans....yes. And finally, did something that you think "Let's go Brandon" represented happen, which I didn't explicitly mention above....probably yes.

Anyone watching/following the Rittenhouse or Arbery trials? I've watched a little of the Rittenhouse one, doesn't seem to be going well for the prosecution IMO. Outside of Buddha, any other lawyers? From a legal standpoint, very curious about the one lesser charge, the curfew. The defense indicated they were done to the judge, the defense than asked for the curfew charge to be dismissed for lack of evidence, citing the only mention of it was a detective mentioning there was a curfew. Now the judge is allowing the prosecutor to submit further evidence to prove the curfew, which now is also under question as another court has stated the curfew was not legal. It's just a mess, and pretty much sums up everything else I saw from the prosecution. For Arbery, sounds like the prosecution is doing well building the case outside of just the video for the Arbery trial. I still feel that video alone gets the guilty verdict there, but good to build around it as well.

Not sure what you're speaking off? You mean how after the left went off their rocker about how horrible this was, they co-opted it to tout Biden's infrastructure bill? If so, yes, the left realized how to take a joke only after they found a way to 'own the right'. To note, I found it somewhat funny on both sides.

The interviewer, who has a producer in her one ear, trying to ask questions, and drown out the noise behind her, didn't realize what was being said and thought it was "Let's go Brandon", IMO. If you listen to the interview, it's very clear what was being said though, so the belief of many on the right was that she was trying to cover up for Biden. As such, "Let's go Brandon" blew up a bit on the right. So, if you say this, you're a horrible douchebag, obviously a racist, and just an overall bad person for saying something so foul on TV. Conversely, if you "Fuck Trump" at the Tony's, you get a standing ovation.

She has a way with pissing folks off, especially those that don't agree with her politically, but she's smart. She has that 'in your face' approach which I don't like, and honestly seems to match up with Trump, but it's clear in her stance about Trump, she'll only accept that attitude from folks she feels can back it up.

All I know about pre-Columbus is that all Indian tribes respected and honored each other. They would regularly meet up and sing Kumbaya.

Neither have to, would be nice if both did though.

80's and 90's here in rural Michigan. In the 80's, elementary years, it was all "in 1492, columbus sailed the ocean blue..." In the 90's, a little more in depth, but I don't remember that much focus. I was taught he 'found' it in error as he was trying to go further south for a direct route to Asia and while he wasn't the first to reach this continent, his route led to the eventual colonization. The only negative thing I remember was him bringing diseases to the new world. And nothing against learning/knowing your history on someone. But when right leaning folks are concerned about CRT, they are talking about grade school/high school. You're going to need to get rid of every other class and just have kids taking 6 history classes each day if you want to go research paper deep on every historical figure so we can truly know what's in their hearts and not just what made them historical.

No point getting out right now on infrascture, save that for this upcoming summer, but yes, it should be the headline as he travels through blue collar towns. Right now, he needs to put his weight behind the John Deere and Kellogg strikers. I grew up mostly anti-union, but as with everything in this country, everything over-corrects. If he wants to win back voters in places like Macomb county, he needs to show the union workers he'll actually fight for them.

Just to think, at one point that probably earned you the respect of your peers, now you might get cancelled by their kids white friends. If you have any plans for running for office, might want to do that quickly as portraying Abe might be equivalent to blackface in just a few years.

CRT is just another example of every divide we've ever seen in this country. For this issue, Republicans worry about the slippery slide of what it can become and democrats try and point out what it is today and why it shouldn't be feared. Pick any issue, one side is on the slippery slide, the other calls it nonsense. Right now the media and left narrative of CRT is that the right has mislabeled it. While I would deem that true, the democrats can't see any nuance either, as it's their far left end that defines it the same way that the right worries it'll be. There are absolutely progressives out there that think everything should be taught through the lens of race and even if there aren't obvious connotations on an issue and race, well, you better deep dive into it until you can identify one.

Safe to assume you're 100% in on Russian Collusion?

Do you actually believe this Hongbit, or are you just trolling?