Kyle Rittenhouse’s sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her “brother’s unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family.”

  • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
    3·
    5 months ago

    He was not asked to be there- had no business there. And was on tape saying he wanted to kill people.

    A court only determines guilt or innocence from a legal standpoint. It doesn’t change the events retroactively to make them not happen.

    He’s a murderer. By definition.

    Following your logic, OJ was also innocent, right?

    • TheFonz@lemmy.world
      12·
      5 months ago

      If you want to have a discussion on the moral ethics of his actions: that’s fine; Plenty to criticize.

      If you want to have a discussion on the legal merits of the case, that’s fine too, but you need to be at least somewhat aware of the facts beyond verbal statements that preceded the shooting. OJ (although a cherry picked data point does not prove a point) is a fine example of the judicial system working as intended even though the defendent was guilty.

      To summarize: These are two separate conversations (legal vs moral). I’ve noticed that whenever Kyle is brought up, as lefties we tend to hop back and forth between the two (sort of in the way you are doing --I can’t tell if it’s intentional–) to muddy the discussion or get some type of gotcha. It’s not productive.