Rittenhouse Culture War /1
Missed in much of the discussion of The Rittenhouse trial is the part it plays in America’s Culture War.
Gun Regulation
Wisconsin allows open carry.
Kenosha is in love with its Guns.
We see what American life will be like without gun regulations.
Missed in much of the discussion of The Rittenhouse trial is the part it plays in America’s Culture War.
Gun Regulation
Wisconsin allows open carry.
Kenosha is in love with its Guns.
We see what American life will be like without gun regulations.
Rittenhouse Culture War /2
Watching videos of Kenosha, we get the impression that everyone there carries a gun.
It’s just normal.
Judge Schroeder is pro-gun. He commented on the record that abysmal judgment should not be assigned to Rittenhouse for bringing a gun to a riot.
Watching videos of Kenosha, we get the impression that everyone there carries a gun.
It’s just normal.
Judge Schroeder is pro-gun. He commented on the record that abysmal judgment should not be assigned to Rittenhouse for bringing a gun to a riot.
Rittenhouse Culture War /3
The default by the police department to AR-15 carrying vigilantes for law enforcement is not discussed. It’s accepted as a normal backdrop.
No one asks why a 17 year old was allowed by police to patrol the streets with an illegally possessed AR-15.
The default by the police department to AR-15 carrying vigilantes for law enforcement is not discussed. It’s accepted as a normal backdrop.
No one asks why a 17 year old was allowed by police to patrol the streets with an illegally possessed AR-15.
Rittenhouse Culture War /4
An undisputed fact is that snipers were positioned on roof tops with laser sighted rifles. Again, this criminal activity is normalized without discussion.
Rittenhouse’s rifle had a 30 cartridge magazine. No one was phased by that capacity. Normalized.
An undisputed fact is that snipers were positioned on roof tops with laser sighted rifles. Again, this criminal activity is normalized without discussion.
Rittenhouse’s rifle had a 30 cartridge magazine. No one was phased by that capacity. Normalized.
Rittenhouse Culture War /5
White Supremacy
The occasion for civil unrest was the reaction to First Amendment Protests of the shooting of AfAm Jacob Blake by police, seven times in his back, in front of his children.
No deference to that controversy is ever offered by the court.
White Supremacy
The occasion for civil unrest was the reaction to First Amendment Protests of the shooting of AfAm Jacob Blake by police, seven times in his back, in front of his children.
No deference to that controversy is ever offered by the court.
Rittenhouse Culture War /6
The response of vigilantes rushing to the scene is notably and undeniably racial. All the informally deputized armed paramilitary personnel patrolling the streets of Kenosha were white. Predominately, they were white men.
The response of vigilantes rushing to the scene is notably and undeniably racial. All the informally deputized armed paramilitary personnel patrolling the streets of Kenosha were white. Predominately, they were white men.
Rittenhouse Culture War /7
Neither the judge nor the lawyers from either side reference the people on the street as non-violent protestors, although the assembly was so comprised.
Of critical importance to the right wing,is normalization of control of the community by white men.
Neither the judge nor the lawyers from either side reference the people on the street as non-violent protestors, although the assembly was so comprised.
Of critical importance to the right wing,is normalization of control of the community by white men.
Rittenhouse Culture War /8
Black Lives Matter
Lost in the turmoil of this trial is the issue of Civil Rights. No attention is paid to the dignity of Peaceful Unarmed Protest of police brutality toward Black Men.
Black Lives Matter
Lost in the turmoil of this trial is the issue of Civil Rights. No attention is paid to the dignity of Peaceful Unarmed Protest of police brutality toward Black Men.
Rittenhouse Culture War /9
The only people the court allows to be recognized as victims are commercial property owners &merchants. Not even the decedents may be characterized as victims.
Violent rioters did descend upon Kenosha, but none of them were the non-violent protestors.
The only people the court allows to be recognized as victims are commercial property owners &merchants. Not even the decedents may be characterized as victims.
Violent rioters did descend upon Kenosha, but none of them were the non-violent protestors.
Rittenhouse Culture War /10
Protection of potential victims was the acknowledged mission of the white male deputized vigilantes.
Only commercial property owners came under the category of potential victims of the rioters although the protestors were obvious potential victims.
Protection of potential victims was the acknowledged mission of the white male deputized vigilantes.
Only commercial property owners came under the category of potential victims of the rioters although the protestors were obvious potential victims.
Rittenhouse Culture War /11
Not one single African American was identified, at any time, as a potential victim worthy of deputized protection.
Rittenhouse has become a hero of the right wing because he is a white male AR-15 carrying enforcer of White Power.
Not one single African American was identified, at any time, as a potential victim worthy of deputized protection.
Rittenhouse has become a hero of the right wing because he is a white male AR-15 carrying enforcer of White Power.
Rittenhouse Culture War /12
Most white people and police of Kenosha were angry about Black Lives Matter marches and did not distinguish rioters from protestors.
White Supremacists were gratified by the shootings by Rittenhouse.
Most white people and police of Kenosha were angry about Black Lives Matter marches and did not distinguish rioters from protestors.
White Supremacists were gratified by the shootings by Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse Culture War /13
Normalization
White Men prevailed over controversy in Kenosha, including the shooting of Jacob Blake.
White Supremacist armed vigilantes assuming policing of cities during unrest is now Normalized.
There will be more unrest.
Normalization
White Men prevailed over controversy in Kenosha, including the shooting of Jacob Blake.
White Supremacist armed vigilantes assuming policing of cities during unrest is now Normalized.
There will be more unrest.
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