I’ll keep this short.
In this morning’s paper, I read about a seventeen-year-old boy with an obviously still-developing brain, at least as far as impulse control was concerned, who illegally took possession of a military-grade killing machine, and murdered two people. The dead ones happened to be white, but make no mistake. He was there, at least in his moronic view of the world, to protect his people, whoever he imagined they were, from the destruction being wrought by n**gers and their communist fellow travelers. The jury found him not guilty.
It looked like it was going to be a very long day. I tried to do some work in the morning, but I was under a cloud, and it was black.
I’d undergone a minor surgical procedure on Wednesday and was feeling pretty limited – which didn’t help disperse that damned black cloud. So I put an ice pack on my belly, made a drink, and fired up the Sunday football games.
What happened next was amazing, almost miraculous. Every team that needed to lose in order for my team to advance in the standings, lost – clearing the path for my team.
So, thanks to this apparently imbecilic sport, the world seemed like a better place than it had at 7 am.
In my “other” job – advocating for gun violence prevention, we have a lot of bad days. If you want to be able to keep advocating, you’d better be able to recover from morons like Kyle Rittenhouse, not to mention the morons who made him possible.
I find it lovely that my other morons saved me.
Greg,
While I agree that Rittenhouse had no business being in Kenosha on that evening, he was in legal procession of the gun, that is why the charge was dropped. And, who chases someone with an AR while unarmed and attempts to grab for the gun, Rosenbaum earned his Darwin award. The other two equally used poor judgement in pursuing Rittenhouse and attacking him.
Jeff
Be that as it may, they’re all morons.
Agreed!!!!!!!!
Jeff
The worst, although I suspect not, is that these cases got attention, while things not much different happen every day, sometimes many times a day. It’s this normalization that is so sickening, so dismaying. A few events dominate talk shows and cable news for a while. Thoughts and prayers abound. Others are, to harken back to days of yore, are on the back pages, if noted at all.
Lessons I’ve drawn from the Rittenhouse trial and verdict:
(a) Even if someone does point an AR-15 at you, and they start to run away from you, don’t chase after them. You’ve already made your point. You’re the winner in this face-off;
(b) Don’t hit somebody who’s holding an AR-15 in the head with your skateboard. Don’t hit them in the head with anyone else’s either. In fact, don’t hit someone who is not holding an AR-15 in the head with a skateboard. It’s not nice;
(c) Don’t point a pistol or any other firearm at someone who is holding an AR-15.
Tell these lessons to your children.