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Kyle Rittenhouse texts pledging to ‘murder’ shoplifters disillusion his ex-spokesperson
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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Congratulations, US legal system! You have encouraged a murderous vigilante!
“Good guys with guns” as a slogan was always going to turn out this way.
That’s one of the many reasons Americans are such stupid people, they see the world in a “good guy / bad guy” dichotomy, where they are the good guys. And “good guys” and their actions are all based on beliefs and opinions. It’s justification for YOUR atrocities while acting disgusted at others.
I agree with you 100%. So many of my fellow Americans (of every political stripe) see the world in that black and white way. There's no nuance to be had here most of the time and it's depressing.
There is nuance to be had, it's just been overwritten by the mainstream media trying to pretend that they're centrist.
You might be shocked to learn that not all Americans are the same. Bigot.
If I wasn’t describing you, you wouldn’t be so offended.
I would still find it inappropriate, actually.
I bet you do. How inappropriate are school shootings, Mr. Gun Advocate?
Best not think about that, huh
I am not a gun advocate or a mister.
You're really not doing a good job at countering their claim...
By pointing out that hating on everybody from a single country is bigotry?
Obviously your opinion is more common, but I disagree.
What is my opinion? Please state it. Because I didn't give it.
I missed that you were replying to a comment I made to OP, but you are not OP. So I have no idea.
Edit: Oh wait, nevermind. You did share your opinion and it is in line with OP's.
There is nuance to be had because not everybody is the same.
I understand that there are tons of problems in the US, but hating on an entire culture/people is bigotry no matter who it is aimed towards.
Sigh. That is not my opinion about any country, that's my opinion about our species.
"There is no nuance to be had here" means that people don't notice the nuance because they have their own personal agendas. That's not an American problem, that's a global problem.
And good job proving that by deciding you know what my opinion on a subject I never opined on is and deciding that something unrelated was my opinion because of your agenda.
So thanks.
You might need to be a little clearer about that in the future to make it seem less bigoted.
No one but you had any trouble with what I said.
That doesn't really mean anything.
You want me to be clearer but no one else has that need here. So I'd say that means everything.
Unless, of course, you think the world needs to cater to you. Does it? Are you that important?
Wow, aren't you being a jerk.
Personal attacks are not useful.
That's quite the personal attack.
Literally one sentence after making a personal attack in the exact same post. Amazing. I guess the answer to my question is yes.
Pointing out that someone is being rude is not a personal attack.
But calling someone a jerk is. Which you did:
You're welcome to lie that 'jerk' isn't an insult, but any basic thesaurus will disagree:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerk
As will any dictionary:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jerk#american-jerk-1-noun
I look forward to your lie.
Wow, aren't you needlessly aggressive.
Not as needlessly aggressive as someone who complains about insults and then tells an insult the very next sentence.
It's really incredible how many things now you've accused me of that you can't see you're guilty of yourself, but it is quite amusing.