in his opening statement christopher cantwell immediately brings up that he doesnt know if the jury is intellectually curious enough to read Mein Kampf, but
this is not going well
Cantwell going off on a tear about how "lunatics" call him racist but race is central to his worldview? went on to denounce the "demonstrably false idea that all men are created equal", how the world would be a "dull place" if it was even though there'd be no "retardation".
obviously i cant see the jury's faces right now but i imagine some of them are already wondering how much in damages cantwell will be found liable for
he's now going off on some utterly incomprehensible rant about "diversity of tactics" (while getting angry about the word diversity)
the only time the plaintiffs mentioned antifa was to deny any attachment to antifa, cantwell says, which im not sure is really helping his case that antifa is a harry potter spell to wave away charges
after attacking the plaintiffs directly (just awful) and having judge moon intervene to tell him the opening statement is not a soapboax, cantwell digresses to mention something that should be "painfully obvious": "I'm not a lawyer"
this is a lot folks!
https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1453798166327877632
cantwell is talking about how his mouth gets him in trouble, then went into how he's an entertainer and a quite handsome one he might add and bragging about being on the radio? now he's ranting about tweets
aaand Cantwell just said the N word. This is disgusting, not really sure why this is allowed to continue
unbelievable the hole this guy is digging
https://twitter.com/hannahgais/status/1453799580672397318
"before this is done here you're gonna know that i'm not an idiot" and you're not gonna buy that, he tells the court (wow)
a lot of people seem to think this is funny because this is the worst opening statement possible but it's really not very funny. Cantwell is smearing, insulting, and slurring the plaintiffs and the people of Charlottesville over and over
i partially zoned out for a while but came back to Cantwell gleefully telling the jury that going through the evidence they're gonna hear some racist jokes
this is a very basic element of a conspiracy case and it is beyond clear Cantwell is incapable of absorbing it
https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1453803786598764555
Cantwell says he hopes the jurors will become fans of his, "I genuinely do appreciate diversity of opinion and lively debate" (aaaaand did he just knock over the mic?), and threatened the jury that fascists will rule the U.S. unopposed unless we crack down on radical communists
on the one hand cantwell just did a lose the case speedrun but also thank god that's over
if you're still reading this thread please follow @socialistdogmom who has been doing the lord's work documenting this trial and others- @hannahgais @misstessowen @EmilyGorcenski @ChristopherJM
yeah man totally 
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