RE: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
November 16, 2021 at 12:55 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2021 at 1:10 pm by dill.)
(November 16, 2021 at 12:48 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Choose again, you mean.
Well, choose publicly, for sure.
It is possible that this summer lifeguard thought himself, along similar lines and with encouragement for older friends and social media,
to be a "property guard," helping a nearby community.
But if you are noting there had to be an underlying, even if unconscious, urge to go that militia and WS direction, and that was already
guiding his choices to buy a "cool" gun and bring it to a riot to defend property of someone he didn't know, then yes, I'd agree--he'd be "choosing again."
I also agree with you that, given the kind of social/emotional support he will continue to receive now, it is likely he will only go further
right, perhaps more actively, speaking on Right Wing news shows, asked for reliably 2A commentary, etc.
There might be social costs that lead him to eventually turn away from militia-WS support, but not in the short run.