Absolutely. (Setting aside his false claims that Rittenhouse was a "militant" or that he was "heavily armed" or that he was "provoked" rather than physically attacked. Americans have a right to defend themselves when attacked by rioters.)
This line of argument is always a kind of projection. They assume your defense of the second amendment is racially motivated.
Now, do I want to live in a world where people are confronting each other all the time while carrying AR15s? No. But if we're going to normalize rioting, this would increasingly be the case. I don't think that's our future.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Not only is it unlikely to be true (bloomberg.com/news/articles/…) it is completely irrelevant. The idea that two highways with low bridges make the entire system racist, is silly.
I wrote my book Eurotrash (out in October!) to push back against the American Left’s championing of contemporary European ideas. One of the most dangerous has been the normalization of censorship.
For example, in Scotland right now, a feminist activist named Marion Millar is facing *2 years in jail* if convicted of sending “transphobic” tweets. She was charged under Section 127/2003 Communications Act, which criminalizes “grossly offensive” messages.
Millar is an accountant and mom of twin autistic boys. One of the tweets she is being prosecuted for features a picture of ribbon placed atop the colors of the suffragette movement.
Is there any left-wing anti-Semitism Chait won't whitewash? Even the freaking ADL -- which has done everything it can to wish away the Squad's Jew baiting -- condemns it.
Tlaib says the same people who are keeping down "Palestine" are “exploiting” “regular” citizens here in the US. Is it really "ultrasensitive" to think she's talking about Jews? Who is she talking about?
Ultrasensitive right winger Jonathan Greenblatt...