So because he lied to his mother and to the militia he was with it means nobody is at fault because he's a minor? There's plenty of blame to go around here and trying to excuse all his actions and excuse anyone around him of responsibility sure sounds like an emotional response to protect your team to me. As I stated earlier it's pretty clear this episode has shown the partisan divide we have in this country on both sides.
But I guess the question is, what if this wasn't a partisan event? What of the people involved had zero partisan allegiances? What if race wasn't a factor (which it only is just barely, anyway, considering that all of the people involved were white)?
Let's say someone won an important football game, riots ensue, and the exact same stuff goes down?
Taking partisanship out of it, and looking at the facts alone, is this a case of self-defense, or isn't it?
What if the 17 year old is a left wing type, and the protesters and rioters are right wing types, and the same things happen? Is that self defense?
I feel like that's self defense regardless of politics. Based solely on what actually took place, I'm legitimately confused about how anyone thinks it isn't self defense, sans politics. I suspect that those people would change their view if the politics changed. (Just as I suspect a whole lot of people who currently see it as a clear case of self-defense would change their stance if the politics were reversed.)
Some of us aren't basing our opinion on any of that. We're basing it on what actually happened that night, as we understand it.
Your point that maybe someone should have had better tabs on him has some validity, I suppose, but I honestly don't see how it's particularly relevant. Are you telling me that when you were a 17 year old boy, the adults in your life knew where you were, and were able to control what you were up to, at all times? You're pretty rare if that's the case.
He was stupid and never should have been there. He's lucky he didn't end up dead. But he somehow managed to get out of a pretty dangerous situation alive. I don't understand why I'm supposed to feel mad about that. It's like being angry that a 17 year old kid who goes out riding hos motorcycle without his helmet makes it home alive. Sure, he shouldn't have done that. Of course, he should have been (theoretically) better supervised. But that doesn't mean I'm going to wish death on him.
What exactly are you guys wishing had happened to Rittenhouse at the hands of Rosenbaum and others who were attempting to assault him that night?
