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Said dead people should also not have been there. But they didn't. They were there, he was there, but they made the even worse decision to attack him. At that p
by esyir 5y ago
Said dead people should also not have been there. But they didn't. They were there, he was there, but they made the even worse decision to attack him. At that point, self defense is justifiable.
Any argument that Rittenhouse should not have been there to begin with also similarly applies to the dead. That they instigated the incident is the reason we call it self defense, as compared to the irrelevant school shooter analogy.
- jacquesm 5y agoI totally agree with that. But nobody in their right mind feels that defending a bunch of cars is worth human lives.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoProperty rights of any civilized country disagrees.
- rayiner 5y agoIt’s not a “bunch of cars.” It’s the livelihoods of a couple of immigrants who did nothing to deserve having their business destroyed. It’s not just some buildings. It’s people’s community. Their businesses, their places of recreation, their community gathering places. That built environment was the labor of many people who left more to their kids than they started with. Property is the difference between Bangladesh and America. Many of these communities never rebound after riots like this. Destroying city blocks like this is profoundly anti-social and damaging to the people who live there.
- jacquesm 5y agoYes, you're right, death penalty right there! The difference between Bangladesh and America is a bit more than just property, and the difference between either and some other places in the world is that they are both extremes.
- joshuamorton 5y agoShooting people is also profoundly anti social and damaging to the people shot, but you don't seem to criticize Kyle much.
- mannerheim 5y agoThey didn't lose their lives for destroying cars. They lost them for attacking Rittenhouse.
- esyir 5y agoThey made that decision themselves. This isn't a case where they attacked him and then he pulled out a pistol and shot them. This was open carry with a rifle. To answer the point you made, they made the decision to attack a clearly armed man and thus evaluated that attacking those cars was worth their own lives.