Kyle Rittenhouse -- now free of all criminal liability -- did his first interview and said he believes systemic racism is a problem in the US and supports "BLM."
If you think this will cause anyone to reevaluate their decree that he's a "white supremacist," you'd be incorrect.
If you think this will cause anyone to reevaluate their decree that he's a "white supremacist," you'd be incorrect.
https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1462581213453979658
Rittenhouse has no reason to say any of this if he doesn't believe it. In fact, saying those things could undermine his self-interest, given that many on the right probably didn't want to hear them. There was never any evidence he was a "white supremacist" but that never matters.
There are very few accusations you can make about someone more serious than publicly branding them as "white supremacist" or "white nationalist." But in liberal discourse, especially media discourse, there is literally no evidentiary requirement that must be met in order to do it
Yes, screaming "white supremacist" at someone is a powerful tool to force them to either submit to your beliefs or at least be silent. But the more it's overused, the more it loses its power, as people come to realize how cynically it's wielded:
https://twitter.com/KarlTheHungus1/status/1462836475444219909
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