Kyle Rittenhouse’s sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her “brother’s unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family.”

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    4 months ago

    Sorry… are you under the bizarre impression that because it’s legal to carry a gun, you can’t provoke someone with it?

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      No, I’m contradicting the ridiculous argument that existing in public while armed, in an open carry state, is somehow, in and of itself, provocation.

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          4 months ago

          :/

          I agree that Kyle is a bad person, Flying, but there is a lot of misinformation being spread around that makes our side look bad. I know it’s an emotionally charged topic.

          If Hitler rescues a dog he’s still a bad person. But it doesn’t help to mythologize characters through false narratives because it empowers them even further. Just my opinion. I’m not on team Kyle and I’m not a fascist (sad I have to state this last tag on Lemmy in case I get misconstrued).

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              4 months ago

              Everyone is talking past each other in this thread. I understand, it’s an emotionally charged topic.

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                4 months ago

                Well, the guy I replied to who said:

                I’m contradicting the ridiculous argument that existing in public while armed, in an open carry state, is somehow, in and of itself, provocation.

                is certainly talking past everyone else since literally no one made that argument.

                And then for some reason you criticized me for telling them that no one made that argument, despite that being a fact.

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                  4 months ago

                  Yeah I think you’re saying that --correct me if I’m wrong-- him

                  bringing the AR to the protests is an act of provocation

                  while the person you’re arguing with said

                  open carry is not uncommon and no one felt provoked

                  At least that’s how I read it. Maybe I’m wrong. I can see how both statements could be true to some extent. Many protesters were from out of state and possibly not familiar with the open carry laws in WI so it’s possible they felt threatened immediately. I’m no longer living in the US, and I never lived in an open carry state, so the sight of an AR strapped to a kid would make me uncomfortable in that situation. However, I’ve also lived in the middle east were the sight of soldiers walking around not in uniform carrying semi automatic rifles was very common and that did not make me uncomfortable. So context is important.

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                    4 months ago

                    This is Kenosha, not Fallujah. If you think people walking around with ARs is a common or non-worrying sight there, you really know nothing about this subject.