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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9997521

To the person from lemm.ee who reported this post as "terrorism" go fuck yourself.

Link for tickets: https://events2022.tpusa.com/events/kyle-rittenhouse-at-kent-state

Locked because I keep getting reports from people arguing. Cool off.

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[–] Manos@lemm.ee 134 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What the fuck does he have to talk about? He's just an idiot with a gun.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's Kent State which is world famous for idiots with guns.

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can’t Read, Can’t Write, Kent State

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Goes great with the giant shit i just took in my pants

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (57 children)

He has a story about getting away with murder. Sociopaths gonna sociopath

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

How to larp with live ammo for fun and profit.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

He's now the golden child.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The irony of this happening at Kent State.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's not ironic it's intentional.

After 9/11, this country took a hard turn into fascism and boot licking. I was complaining about the new McCarthyism, the demented expansion of the police state, and the march to the right when my aunt interrupted me to say "not everyone thinks McCarthy was the bad guy there." She said it was such smug indignation I was genuinely shocked there were people that were fans of McCarthy.

When I said that that kind of un-American behavior leads to stuff like Kent State, she said, "If you can't be loyal to the troops you get what you deserve." That's when I realized that we as a nation were absolutely fucked.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

After 9/11...

Fascism and bootlicking were in vogue among conservatives since Nixon.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's for sure and I think you can make a pretty reasonable case that they only got worse. They managed to convince most Americans that somehow were becoming more liberal despite the fact that we're in reality we are getting more fascist every fucking year.

We've moved so far to the right as a country that Joe Biden is more of a right-wing Republican than Reagan was. It just so happens that the alternative to Joe Biden is Donald Trump who is somewhere to the right of Hitler, And if Donald Trump were literate we would be in even worse shape right now.

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[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure your aunt is the nation

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

This nation then reelected George w Bush while it brutally cracked down on protests and got super extra racist real fast and just in time to go murder 170,000 people in two countries that didn't attack us.

It's kind of hard to believe that she's not sort of typical of American fascism. Our actions as a nation make it hard to believe that American fascism isn't somehow incredibly widely tolerated and promoted.

Then we had Donald Trump, and the entire court system seems to be utterly incapable of dealing with this level of corruption or criminality but the right wing and the neoliberal apologists who own most of the revenue driven media seem to think this is somehow okay.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago

Well I'm sure she is. What now?

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

She's enough of it to be a real problem.

I'll grant that most aren't aware enough to make comments on McCarthy specifically, but they would if they could.

Way too much of the country is running those things blue line flags and licking boots as hard as they can while thinking they're doing the opposite.

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

signed up to attend as a student with the name of one of the Kent State Massacre victims.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean... it's probably pointless to point out how tone deaf it is to have a panicked shooter speak at Kent State of all fucking places.

Sensible people's disgust is the point, correct?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I saw that. Then i googled it just to make sure i didn't misremember. Wtf.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Im pro 2a and I think this fucker is scum.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of those "armed citizens" fantasize about killing and are just itching to shoot someone. I've seen the videos and I agree with the verdict. It was very much self defense, however, he shouldn't have been there to antagonise an angry protest.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think shooting a guy in the back because he's falling down counts as self defense. I also don't think continuing your killing spree counts when the other people are rightly concerned there's a murderer running around.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm not justifying him and his actions. Whether it was self defense or not he's proud of himself for ending lives. Guy deserves much worse than he got.

[–] nick@midwest.social 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

lol @ reporting a post by the admin to the admin.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The irony of this being at Kent State is too much.

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lmao, got my free ticket. Kyle is not the 2A spokesmen any sane human wants.

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago

Imagine being such a loser

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

They’re bringing a guy famous for shooting people at a left wing protest to fucking Kent State‽

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Step 1) Show up armed (open carry)

Step 2) Wait for Rittenhouse to show up

Step 3) Defend yourself

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone reported this comment for threatening murder lol.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's fucking awesome. I hope they have a great week.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of my friends suggested this the other day: Print out posters of him crying in court, and put them in the seats of all the tickets you reserve.

A solid suggestion if you ask me.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

America, where murderers become celebrities

[–] BennyHill@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

the right try not to put every murderer they happen to agree with on a pedastal challenge

[–] nick@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meh. Nothing to do with me, but the dude is really milking his 15 minutes of fame.

It's not him, the conservative outrage machine has his chubby little body hooked in.

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