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24 Nov 2021, 9:32 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
Their respective publicists probably arranged it.

I really hate how the right is using and influencing Rittenhouse. Makes me wonder if it would have been better for him to never have been charged at all.


This is politics.
To suggest it doesn't happen on the progressive side is logically negligent.
Didn't Uncle Joe recently do similar things?

Mom...
Please...
Your partisan political slip is showing. :mrgreen:



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24 Nov 2021, 9:33 pm

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... I really hate how the right is using and influencing Rittenhouse...
I suspect the GOP is grooming KR -- for what, I cannot even speculate ...

... although he does remind me of a young Lee Harvey Oswald ...


Objectivity is still your strong point, I see. <irony> :mrgreen:



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24 Nov 2021, 9:34 pm

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Rittenhouse meeting Trump is like Judas meeting Caiaphas.

I wonder how many pieces of silver changed hands.


Rittenhouse would have been very appreciative of Trump's support, and why wouldn't he?



Anyone who sees Trump for who he really is will distance themselves from Trump. Plenty of conservatives have and are doing that. It isn't like Trump could make a big donation and help with the legal costs at this point, or otherwise affect the outcome. Meeting with him is a clear show of loyalty, IMHO, not just "appreciation."


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24 Nov 2021, 9:37 pm

Pepe wrote:
DW_a_mom wrote:
Their respective publicists probably arranged it.

I really hate how the right is using and influencing Rittenhouse. Makes me wonder if it would have been better for him to never have been charged at all.


This is politics.
To suggest it doesn't happen on the progressive side is logically negligent.
Didn't Uncle Joe recently do similar things?

Mom...
Please...
Your partisan political slip is showing. :mrgreen:


Nothing I wrote suggests I wouldn't say the exact same thing if political affiliations were different. Just because both sides have done the same thing at times doesn't mean I support it, ever.

You are making assumptions based on what you know of my politics, and nothing more.

Think about it.


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24 Nov 2021, 9:42 pm

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Fnord wrote:
... although he does remind me of a young Lee Harvey Oswald ...[/color]


For his sake he better hope there isn't a Jack Ruby waiting for him as well.


Again with alluding to violence.
Rape and murder fantasy indulgences from the left.
I thought you people were supposed to be the "Nice Guys". :scratch:

Why isn't this consider hate-speech?
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What is the hate speech law?
The statutes forbid communication that is hateful, threatening, or abusive, and targets a person on account of disability, ethnic or national origin, nationality (including citizenship), race, religion, sexual orientation, or skin colour. The penalties for hate speech include fines, imprisonment, or both.


Seriously, I am interested in how this reference to violence is permitted on WP.



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24 Nov 2021, 9:45 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
Pepe wrote:
DW_a_mom wrote:
Their respective publicists probably arranged it.

I really hate how the right is using and influencing Rittenhouse. Makes me wonder if it would have been better for him to never have been charged at all.


This is politics.
To suggest it doesn't happen on the progressive side is logically negligent.
Didn't Uncle Joe recently do similar things?

Mom...
Please...
Your partisan political slip is showing. :mrgreen:


Nothing I wrote suggests I wouldn't say the exact same thing if political affiliations were different. Just because both sides have done the same thing at times doesn't mean I support it, ever.

You are making assumptions based on what you know of my politics, and nothing more.

Think about it.


To make your comment unambiguous, it may have been better if you had said:
"I really hate how politicians are using and influencing people." 8)



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24 Nov 2021, 9:47 pm

Fnord wrote:
Brictoria wrote:
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I think the trial was staged.
In what way?
Planned in such a way (charges, judge, prosecutor) to guarantee an acquittal and make Rittenhouse appear as a hero.
That is my suspicion, as well. Too bad there is no proof.
So, you're saying that because you don't like an outcome, it must have been "planned"\"staged" to give a result you don't agree with - Sounds like you have a lot in common with your former president (re: 2020 election)...
No, I am saying that I suspect the trial was staged, and that there is no proof to support my suspicions. Nothing more.

And your former President said he suspected that the election was rigged, but had no proof to support his suspicions (hence the court cases to see if he could find it\find if it existed).

In both cases, the result wasn't what a person desired, so they looked for "reasons" to explain this discrepency.

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It has been interesting over the past 12 months to see how you have been picking up his character traits\acting in similar ways to that in which he does...



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24 Nov 2021, 9:48 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Rittenhouse meeting Trump is like Judas meeting Caiaphas.

I wonder how many pieces of silver changed hands.


Rittenhouse would have been very appreciative of Trump's support, and why wouldn't he?



Anyone who sees Trump for who he really is will distance themselves from Trump. Plenty of conservatives have and are doing that. It isn't like Trump could make a big donation and help with the legal costs at this point, or otherwise affect the outcome. Meeting with him is a clear show of loyalty, IMHO, not just "appreciation."


So, are you saying Rittenhouse being a conservative is a moral crime, like some progressives have said in the past?



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24 Nov 2021, 9:55 pm

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DW_a_mom wrote:
Makes me wonder if it would have been better for him to never have been charged at all.


What if Rosenbaum or Huber had been your son? would you say that then.


Objection, your honour!
Argumentative!
Badgering the witness! <joke> :mrgreen:



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24 Nov 2021, 9:57 pm

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Dox47 wrote:
DW_a_mom wrote:
Makes me wonder if it would have been better for him to never have been charged at all.


He should never have been charged based on the evidence, I said as much from the beginning, and even the state's charging documents read more like a clearing statement. The entire prosecution was political from the start, so if you don't like the ending, you have only your fellow liberals to blame.


I'll give credit to Mark Richards, he's a very good defense lawyer. Dotted his Is and crossed his ts. He also coached Rittenhouse well.


But he has that sinister smile that you hate so much. 8O



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24 Nov 2021, 9:58 pm

Pepe wrote:
DW_a_mom wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Rittenhouse meeting Trump is like Judas meeting Caiaphas.

I wonder how many pieces of silver changed hands.


Rittenhouse would have been very appreciative of Trump's support, and why wouldn't he?



Anyone who sees Trump for who he really is will distance themselves from Trump. Plenty of conservatives have and are doing that. It isn't like Trump could make a big donation and help with the legal costs at this point, or otherwise affect the outcome. Meeting with him is a clear show of loyalty, IMHO, not just "appreciation."


So, are you saying Rittenhouse being a conservative is a moral crime, like some progressives have said in the past?


No. I am saying that meeting with him is more than "appreciation" given that Trump hasn't done anything (that we know of) to constructively help the teen.

Clearly, the youth admires Trump. Since neither you nor I admire Trump, I am sure we both feel that is a little misguided. But it is his right, isn't it?

I have good friends, btw, that are under Trump's spell. They are still good and moral people. I just think, well ... that I'm less subject to his unique style of persuasion.


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24 Nov 2021, 10:04 pm

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Look. He was acquitted. I don't begrudge that he was acquitted. He was acquitted by a jury of his peers after four days of deliberations.

It's ridiculous to suppose that I wish they had "made something up." I wouldn't want that to happen to me!

But he still shouldn't have gone to Kenosha with that gun.

Yes, I do believe Rittenhouse will be used by Trump as sort of a "poser boy."


Fixed it for you. :mrgreen:

I think your gun laws are the *real* problem.
Parading around on the street with weapons is legal, in America, right? :wink:

I read somewhere that even at 17, Rittenhouse was legally allowed to do that, hence no charge.
Please correct me if I am wrong. 8)



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24 Nov 2021, 10:04 pm

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A thread lock may be imminent.


The "crybully" routine of starting a contentious thread (or thread around a "contentious"\debated subject), waiting for something that the OP doesn't agree with to be posted and then begging thread be closed while playing victim ("I was forced to close it because...") is certainly a bad look, and something that reduces the credibility of those who perform such actions...

Hopefully the OP (and moderators) here understand that people are allowed to have different opinions, and as long as the discussion continues in a civil manner, there is no reason to have it forcably terminated - There have been too many intersting threads of late which have been closed because the OP doesn't like\want to hear different opinions to their own.



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24 Nov 2021, 10:16 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
Pepe wrote:
DW_a_mom wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Rittenhouse meeting Trump is like Judas meeting Caiaphas.

I wonder how many pieces of silver changed hands.


Rittenhouse would have been very appreciative of Trump's support, and why wouldn't he?



Anyone who sees Trump for who he really is will distance themselves from Trump. Plenty of conservatives have and are doing that. It isn't like Trump could make a big donation and help with the legal costs at this point, or otherwise affect the outcome. Meeting with him is a clear show of loyalty, IMHO, not just "appreciation."


So, are you saying Rittenhouse being a conservative is a moral crime, like some progressives have said in the past?


No. I am saying that meeting with him is more than "appreciation" given that Trump hasn't done anything (that we know of) to constructively help the teen.

Clearly, the youth admires Trump. Since neither you nor I admire Trump, I am sure we both feel that is a little misguided. But it is his right, isn't it?

I have good friends, btw, that are under Trump's spell. They are still good and moral people. I just think, well ... that I'm less subject to his unique style of persuasion.


A misguided 18 year old youth.
Who would have thought something like that was possible. <cheeky> :P

Trump supported Rittenhouse by attacking Biden who was apparently *really* calling him a White Supremacist, so I have heard recently.
Someone needs to fact-check this, but on a *reputable* fact-checking service.
I have come across a very suspect judgement call, recently.

74 million people voted for Trump.
According to some Democrats, *all* Republicans are fascists.
You can see the sort of primitive mentality we are dealing with, here, right?

Had Rittenhouse been able to vote for Trump at the time, my guess is he probably would have.
That doesn't make him a "fascist". 8)

BTW, Let us once again make things clear.
You *did* vote Democrat in the last erection election, right left right? :scratch:



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24 Nov 2021, 10:19 pm

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Fnord wrote:
A thread lock may be imminent.


The "crybully" routine of starting a contentious thread (or thread around a "contentious"\debated subject), waiting for something that the OP doesn't agree with to be posted and then begging thread be closed while playing victim ("I was forced to close it because...") is certainly a bad look, and something that reduces the credibility of those who perform such actions...

Hopefully the OP (and moderators) here understand that people are allowed to have different opinions, and as long as the discussion continues in a civil manner, there is no reason to have it forcably terminated - There have been too many intersting threads of late which have been closed because the OP doesn't like\want to hear different opinions to their own.


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24 Nov 2021, 10:29 pm

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I think the trial was staged. This is in fact an Occam's Razor explanation as it's the simplest theory that explains what happened. As to how, I can see how Scott Walker could have made it happen. He has the wherewithal and the motivation.


"You keep on using that term.
I don't think it means what you think it means." :scratch: :mrgreen:

"Occam's Razor" isn't meant to be used that way. 8)
A simpler explanation would be that aliens controlled the minds of the judge and Judy jury. :nerdy: