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Swede

(33,234 posts)
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 12:54 PM Nov 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse Supporters Convict Themselves - John Pavlovitz

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Rittenhouse’s defenders are a case study in how afflicted with privilege and infected with racism this nation still is, and the intellectual gymnastics white people will engage in to justify the violence of people who look and vote like them, and to devalue the lives of those who do not.

The cognitive dissonance on display has been staggering

https://johnpavlovitz.com/

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Kyle Rittenhouse Supporters Convict Themselves - John Pavlovitz (Original Post) Swede Nov 2021 OP
Good essay. sop Nov 2021 #1
Good piece. underpants Nov 2021 #2
K&R MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #3
Well said. (nt) Paladin Nov 2021 #4

underpants

(182,778 posts)
2. Good piece.
Sun Nov 28, 2021, 02:12 PM
Nov 2021

I still haven’t seen anything on how he was spurred to action. Frankly he was radicalized.

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