Kyle Rittenhouse storms off stage after being confronted by students
Kyle Rittenhouse storms off stage after being confronted by students
Rittenhouse's appearance at a university generated hostility from a number of students but he remained positive, saying it had been "a great event."
Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly departed the stage during an appearance at the University of Memphis on Wednesday, after he was confronted about comments made by Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.
Rittenhouse was invited by the college's Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouse's presence.
The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, he shot and killed two men—Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz—at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He said the three shootings, carried out with a semi-automatic AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.
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mods removed my comment for saying this guy is a murderer, cause he killed people.
Apparently, that is equivalent to hate speech.
Last I checked taking a gun to a place specifically to kill someone is murder, yup, even if our jurors decided they are not criminally liable , still a murderer, just not convicted.
I had a related conversation not long ago with a friend that took exception to me saying US troops "murder" people. His argument was that its a legal term and not accurate in that context. Which is probably true, but i dont think Im ever going to let go of killing people= murder regardless of what the law says.
Killing people = homicide
i dont think Im ever going to let go of killing people= murder regardless of what the law says.
Not trying to change your mind one way or the other, but could I ask clarifying questions?
I'm sure you have a definition for what "killing" is to justify your beliefs, but like what is it?
Are drunks that kill people while they are blacked out murders?
What about giving someone peanuts that die from allergies? Does it matter if they didn't know about the allergy?
What about doctors killing people in the OR?
Or a baby killing their mom during childbirth?
Are all these people murders because they killed someone?
Wanted to edit real quick. I'm not trying to claim Rittenhouse didn't have a mindset to murder someone. Idk about what the legal definition is, he went there trying to kill someone so I could agree calling him a murder.
The definition is "unlawful and premeditated". So for people in the military, definitely premeditated. Unlawful raises the interesting concept of "unlawful according to who". IMO, someone out there deems it unlawful.
If you pay taxes then you might be considered an accessory to murder. Unless you consider taxes to be theft, of course.
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Ban log? Where can I look at that? Never been banned anywhere as far as I can tell. Seems you’re making things up. If you’re referring to the Mod log, yeah there are some boneheaded mods removing 3 of my posts/comments for random reasons that — to my view don’t make any actual sense. Even if they did make sense, it’s 3 out of hundreds of comments, so I think I’m doing fine.
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What ban log? There is no such thing… there is a mod log. I have not been banned anywhere per the mod log. So, it seems you’re making things up.
Also, when I look up your mod log entries, I actually see more removed comments and posts than myself, so I guess take your own advice?
Sorry, okay yes.
It's a mod log that has entries in it when you're banned or have comments removed. My bad for using the word ban.
But regardless, the log exists.
And the log says nothing about me being banned or evading bans, so you’re lying.
And the log says nothing about me being banned or evading bans, so you’re lying.
I'm assuming the filtering is working correctly and Lemmy is showing all the entries that are related to your user id.
If you have an issue with with how the mod log is filtered and displayed to users, I would suggest you go speak with the Lemmy mods.
Go ahead and DM me a screenshot of that entry then cause I don't see it.
I'll do one better. I'll just delete some of my previous comments on the subject, as it's not worth the time of day we are both putting into this.
I'll just assume at this point that Lemmy web mod filtering is problematic, if I'm seeing things in it you're not.
Also, when I look up your mod log entries, I actually see more removed comments and posts than myself, so I guess take your own advice?
I saw that too, and decided Lemmy was correct in displaying them as such, and that they were comments linked in some way to your account. I can only assume that is correct, as I do not work with the Lemmy code.
What? You make no sense.
IP Address linking, etc.
I pay taxes to pay for bombs that murder thousands. Am I a murderer?