Try to fail your opponents, trying to demonize them.

You know what is really interesting? The Nazis based their beliefs on the Democrats.

https://www.history.com/news/how-the-nazis-were-inspired-by-jim-crow

For really fun reading, compare the 25 points to the Democrat talking points here on Lemmy. It’s oddly very similar.

To put it in concrete terms, the person that tried to assassinate Trump was, by all accounts, a hard-right conservative.

We have no idea what that guy’s politics were. Everyone is speculating but we really don’t know.

. Esp. since there are a lot of people–mostly conservatives–that will say, ‘well, I had to pay for it, so why should someone else get it for free?’

Prisoners are unique. It keeps them occupied instead of getting themselves in further trouble.

Here is some irony for you. My girlfriend worked in a state prison for awhile. When it was a private prison, the education options and the food quality were expanded. They did a cost analysis and said that if we treat them like people, we need fewer guards and have fewer infractions of the policies. When they state took it back over, they removed most of the education options and went back to the shit food.

I am not advocating for private prisons but I did find it interesting they expanded the quality of prison life because it saved money. Maybe the state should think about that.

a real medical emergency, he would have been absolutely useless. AFAIK, he hasn’t taken a basic ‘stop the bleed’ class, much less a combat lifesaver course

You don’t know but you assume he would have been useless? In all fairness, Kyle showed extreme self-control and discipline that day. He only engaged targets that were a threat, only hit the targets he was aiming at and was not distracted when they were screaming after being shot. I suspect he would do fine in a medical emergency.

And yet, here we are, talking about a Republican presser where the target was both a felon and a rapist, and has been found to be such in court. So ima say no, Dems don’t have the lock on felonies or sex crimes.

The felony charges will be overturned, and Trump was never convicted of rape. He was found liable for rape but not guilty of rape. They know that they couldn’t have gotten a criminal conviction outside of the Mickey Mouse court. The standards of evidence would have never worked in a criminal court. Surprised it worked in a civil court. I suspect that will be overturned in appeals as well.

That is why I put it as a topic of conversation.

It isn’t overly partisan, but it is interesting to see the elected officials complain that people want to vote on something.

I would like to see more things voted on to avoid the stupid gridlock we see at times. I support abortion rights but the GOP has taken a hard stance. Every time it went to vote, people, including Republicans, have voted for abortion rights.

It’s democrats fighting against it.

I agree with the age. I just don’t know his politics well.

I do know he is an inspiring man. If half the lefties followed his example, they wouldn’t be whining about their lives. Guy grew up poor with an addict as his mother, joined the Marines, and then went on to an Ivy League school.

He took responsibility for his life and did something with it.

I notice it as well. I thought it was just my connection.

Your next president and vice president.

And he had clothes thrown at him. He thought they wanted his gun.

He didn’t know what was thrown at him. Well, the guy tried to take his gun from him. So, it appears Kyle was right about his assumption.

Its incredibly strange to refer to rittenhouse as a victim

He is the victim. Three violent felons attacked him, and he had to use self-defense to protect himself from death or severe injury.

The only people at fault here are three violent felons who wanted to harm Kyle.

Kyle shouldnt have turned up to a protest with a tool designed to kill people. He intentionally put himself in danger and then justified his shooting by self defense.

Do you always blame victims? LIke she shouldn’t have wore that skirt? Or she shouldn’t have had that extra drink?

He had every legal right to be there with his rifle.

which completely ignores he did not need to be there, and wouldnt have had any reason to “defend” himself if he just stayed home The same could be said for the rioters; had they not tried to kill him, they would be alive today.

The only person acting legally that evening was Kyle, and somehow you think he is responsible.

But given how sharp his turn was to Proud Man-Children, et al. as soon as he was in legal trouble, I have a hard time believing When your fellow lefty tries to murder you, I can see why you would switch pretty quickly.

I’ve got a buddy that supports criminal justice reform, but balks at college education for convicts because college cost him money, I support college for inmates, even if they are never getting out. Education is a good thing.

leftist politics would be at the protests supporting businesses Even if a lefty would, you need businesses.

Why not go and help people that were protesting peacefully by providing support?

By protecting the property, you are providing support to those peacefully protesting.

as if he was a corpsman

I started my career as a combat medic in the Army. We carried rifles. We need a rifle to stop those trying to harm us or the people we are helping. Everyone does not follow the rules of warfare.

I will say the ironic part is only at a Democrat riot can you shoot three people and hit two child molesters and three felons.

That is actually one of my favorite songs.

Should he have been there in the first place? No. Should he have brought a rifle? Also no. He had just as much right to be there as the rioters. He also was legally allowed to bring a rifle. Suggesting otherwise is just victim blaming.

Something often forgotten is that Kyle was a supporter of lefty politics before this event.

https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/local/desert-dispatch/2018/12/05/antifa-is-fascist-exactly-opposite/985002007/

Right, that is why they are burning buildings, trying to quell free speech, they are the “anti fascist”. Right…

See how bizarre lefties are. Defending yourself from being murdered is wrong. Kyle should have just let them murder him.

It should have been. That’s a good thing.

Most people don’t understand what happened. They just want to skree instead of being educated on the topic.

Either congress needs to pass a law or the states get to decide. It was the right decision.

Kyle rittenhouse was attacked by violent, fascist lefties while doing a legal activity . Why would republicans decry self defense?

That’s the funny part. They can’t explain how he is a fascist but darn it. He’s a fascist.

Remember when Trump was in office and we lose our freedoms? Nope, neither do I.

Remember when we had all this insane inflation under Trump ? Nope, neither do I.

I’m ready for things to get back to normal and Trump will do that.

I lost zero under Trump and many under Biden. I will take Trump under Biden any day.

The democrats as a whole are the fascist. You don’t make up crimes to try to prosecute the opposing team. It’s why they keep losing in court.

The irony is I’m not a huge fan of trump but I have no choice to vote for him to avoid the fascist from taking over. It’s weird watching them all skree about project 2025 when that isn’t even Trump’s agenda. You think they’d focus on what Trump is actually going to do which is agenda 47. Some I agree with. Some I don’t but it’s better than Biden’s plan of destroying America.