Not if the defendant is arguing affirmative self-defence. Then, the question becomes “Were these people actually victims? Or were they aggressors whose conduct would’ve made a reasonable person fear for their lives?”

Hey, dipshit. Explain this:

It is a self-defence trial because Rittenhouse is claiming self-defence. The purpose of the trial is to ascertain whether, according to Wisconsin State law, he acted in self-defence, which, spoiler, he absolutely did.

“If Black people felt angst every time a white person told their “bae”how the party was so “lit” that they had no choice but to “turn up,” we’d be cursed with high blood pressure and low life expectancies (I know what you’re thinking, but income inequality, employment discrimination and equal access to medical care…

The line is $150,000. Why? Fuck you, that’s why.

I’m deeply offended that Aaron “Hitler” Sorkin chose to cast an Australian to play a citizen of the United States of America!

It stands for Armalite Rifle. That’s the company that makes them. Seriously, google it.

It’s a SELF-DEFENCE trial. The question of whether or not they actually are victims is the whole fucking point!

Well, the “grownups” are a bunch of gormless fuckwits who have neither the first idea how self-deserve law works nor the slightest desire to learn. But that’s okay. Rittenhouse did nothing wrong, and he’s going to be acquitted of the murder charges no matter how much you idiots piss and moan about it, so there’s no…

There aren’t many white people there today, and there haven’t been for a while. And yet you idiots still think the most dangerous place a black person can be is in Bari Weiss’s imagination and not, say, Liberia, which was never colonised but still has a 19th century life expectancy and twice as many murders as the USA.…

Dude, they’re gonna call you racist no matter what. You could turn water into wine and the first thing they’d do is call the vintage racist. This entire site is a nest of trolls. Talking sense to them is like showing a card trick to a fucking dog. My advice? Just insult them. It’s more fun.

“I wonder if Harriot actually believes that his are the only ideas that are valid. The culture war long ago stopped being about wanting what’s best for everyone and has devolved into a tired round and round of one-upping the other side.”

“The most dangerous place for a black person to exist is within the imagination of white folks - D.L. Hughley”

But, you don’t mind racism. You like Michael Harriot and, as has been established elsewhere, he’s a racist cunt.

Pregnant people… I’m sure there used to be a word for them. Wimpun? Woomud?

“First of all, who the hell is Aaron Rodgers and why would we attack him? I know white people assume that the known universe revolves around their un-shampooed scalps as if their heads are preternaturally adorned with a Caucasian halo but trust me, I have no idea who this man is.”

The reason progressives hated him (and, as far as I could see, progressives hated him faaaaar more than even the most virulently homophobic conservative) was two-fold, IMO:

My feeling is that Joseph Rosenbaum (the first one shot) is really the key to all this, and I reckon there’s a good chance he wanted to get shot. Consider the facts:

I think they were hoping you’d forget that.

As he should. He did nothing wrong.