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AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
51. OK. He's wrong on that point. But everything else is spot on.
Thu Nov 25, 2021, 08:14 AM
Nov 2021

The GOP making this punk out to be a cultural icon and hero is far more troubling to me. Where he traveled from, really, is immaterial. He was a kid, he had an assault weapon, he was in a place he had no reason to be, and he killed two people. Most important, he got away with it. This green-lights how many other Rittenhouses out there?

Why fixate on this point when there is a much bigger issue here? We have an ex-president, the ideological leader of the extreme Right in this country, saying “job well done.”

But, go ahead and get your pants in a twist over one misremembered fact.

I guess he wasn't following the trial that closely Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1
why is it that some people seem more offended by Mr. Reiner's words Skittles Nov 2021 #2
Thank You ! Nitpickers will nitpick... nt Progressive Jones Nov 2021 #3
I am SICK of them Skittles Nov 2021 #6
He illegally used another person to purchase his weapon. PdamnedQ Nov 2021 #8
Facts are important, they aren't nits to be picked. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #12
Thanks. Facts DO matter. And repeating FALSE information stopdiggin Nov 2021 #22
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2021 #93
Bravo... FarPoint Nov 2021 #5
+1. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #18
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 Very good question. onecaliberal Nov 2021 #36
THIS malaise Nov 2021 #48
THIS. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #52
Like someone else said TheFarseer Nov 2021 #59
two people were murdered by a racist gun humping piece of shit Skittles Nov 2021 #80
That goof is not the big point I took from Reiner's words. Hortensis Nov 2021 #64
Because we like the truth Polybius Nov 2021 #77
LOL Skittles Nov 2021 #79
So you're ok with lying to make a point? Polybius Nov 2021 #94
so you're OK with murdering to make a point? Skittles Nov 2021 #100
You're twisting into things that make zero sense and have nothing to do with each other Polybius Nov 2021 #107
+1... myohmy2 Nov 2021 #84
Bullseye, Skittles. Many thanks. (nt) Paladin Nov 2021 #95
This take is tiresome blogslug Nov 2021 #4
In his defense, he didn't name anyone. Rob is a rock solid Democrat. Nt Baked Potato Nov 2021 #7
Well, the jury in WI judged according to WI law. Don't agree with their laws but I don't blame the captain queeg Nov 2021 #9
Yes the judge not only had his thumb on the scale Tribetime Nov 2021 #53
Whether he took the gun across state lines Phoenix61 Nov 2021 #10
Right. That's what most people thought until it came out in the trial that the gun... brush Nov 2021 #14
the fact that you're repeating erroneous stopdiggin Nov 2021 #25
This is a ridiculous judgement zaj Nov 2021 #58
quite true. but you can make some effort to acquaint stopdiggin Nov 2021 #73
This standard means mistakes are intolerable... zaj Nov 2021 #91
you sure? stopdiggin Nov 2021 #74
I see what you say, but... zaj Nov 2021 #92
Where the hell did this myth start that ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #11
There are some circumstances where it's illegal but mostly it isn't. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #13
The only time it is illegal is ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #15
I think it was because the killer was underaged, turns out it wasn't because of that. brush Nov 2021 #16
Humans are weird in that way. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #19
IMO though that killer deserves many years in prison.Wisconsin got it wrong. brush Nov 2021 #20
That's what you got? dpibel Nov 2021 #30
Lighten up, Francis. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #38
Ummm...yeah dpibel Nov 2021 #39
What seems to be problem? ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #40
You are, however, dpibel Nov 2021 #41
Apparently you have not been reading much here nor ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #43
I did not call you an idiot dpibel Nov 2021 #47
Meh. It's what the media coughed up for weeks leftstreet Nov 2021 #17
Rob Reiner has it right here aeromanKC Nov 2021 #21
that looks worse... Takket Nov 2021 #23
The words are true. Everyone needs to make sure this sentiment is repeated every day. aeromanKC Nov 2021 #31
The problem is that he didn't illegal arm himself ripcord Nov 2021 #62
Well Rob Reiner got one fact wrong so all of what he said was wrong???? Get a life folks. Srkdqltr Nov 2021 #24
Seriously. johnp3907 Nov 2021 #26
He probably can't even tell a Glock from a Ruger Pinback Nov 2021 #27
"Grossly?" johnp3907 Nov 2021 #28
WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING TO THIS Equomba thing????? a kennedy Nov 2021 #29
Equomba has been escorted from the building Hekate Nov 2021 #98
Thanks, thought something going on with him/her.......ugh. a kennedy Nov 2021 #105
TBH, I don't quite believe you. dpibel Nov 2021 #32
the hit and run folk are pretty obvious Skittles Nov 2021 #33
He clearly thinks Rittenhouse is a gun-humping rube, harmful to society. Hard to argue with that. Hoyt Nov 2021 #34
Equomba appears to be grossly misplaced. ZZenith Nov 2021 #35
Well clearly that absolves Rittenhouse's documented behavior... Tommy Carcetti Nov 2021 #37
This asshole lived in Illinois and took the rifle to Wisconsin LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #42
The rifle Zeitghost Nov 2021 #44
the rifle actually was already in Wisconsin Skittles Nov 2021 #45
It "offends" people because it's incorrect and facts matter. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #57
"But facts matter and we should always get them right." Jedi Guy Nov 2021 #87
DUers are as susceptible to confirmation bias as anyone else. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #89
I saw that Sympthsical Nov 2021 #104
The gun was purchased in WI - a friend bought it for him. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #56
It wasn't a straw purchase ripcord Nov 2021 #63
Then what did he shoot those people with? Ocelot II Nov 2021 #65
It is no different than a kid paying for a hunting rifle and his father buying it in his name ripcord Nov 2021 #67
Really? Ocelot II Nov 2021 #70
yes. if Rittenhouse supplied the money stopdiggin Nov 2021 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author Demsrule86 Nov 2021 #81
No hunter would use an AR-15...spare me the BS... I do come from a family that hunts Demsrule86 Nov 2021 #82
You might come from a familty of hunter but you aren't an expert on this ripcord Nov 2021 #85
I think you mean no hunter you personally know. EX500rider Nov 2021 #96
Should be illegal for Republicans to cross state lines. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #46
Seems like some are still focused on the minutiae Diablo del sol Nov 2021 #49
Right or wrong with facts never seems to make s difference Raine Nov 2021 #50
OK. He's wrong on that point. But everything else is spot on. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #51
He got away with it because it was self defense ripcord Nov 2021 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 2021 #102
he provoked them Skittles Nov 2021 #106
Can I unrecommend a post Tribetime Nov 2021 #54
he has been tombstoned Skittles Nov 2021 #103
If we want to be the party of truth janterry Nov 2021 #55
"Grossly uninformed" is a bit of an overstatement PatSeg Nov 2021 #60
Yes, let's concentrate on the rifle part edhopper Nov 2021 #61
The Rifle Was Recovered In Antioch ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #66
The gun's owner was in the car, too Sympthsical Nov 2021 #69
I Can See... ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #71
It has to do with the fact Black stored it at home Sympthsical Nov 2021 #72
thanks. that's the clearest summation stopdiggin Nov 2021 #76
Oh. Look. It's inane detail guy. BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #78
"You can't handle the truth!" egduj Nov 2021 #83
Yours is the most important take on the events of this week. Iggo Nov 2021 #86
Equomba appears to be grossly tombstoned. A-Schwarzenegger Nov 2021 #88
. UnderThisLaw Nov 2021 #90
Good. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #97
And Rob Reiner (D) is still not a dingbat... Hekate Nov 2021 #99
I wish that was true of every Rittenhouse apologist here Skittles Nov 2021 #101
Oh, hey! The don't just go under review anymore, eh? Iggo Nov 2021 #108
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