Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Rittenhouse Trial a Tragic Commentary on American Culture" video.

I'm Australian but went to college in America (late 80s). I did engineering but a bunch of my frat brothers were pre-law and they used to drag my ass into all sorts of hypothetical arguments. I think they did that at times because I had different background and views on things. So I got an interesting education in the US Constitution. After coming back to Oz I met many Americans and we always had interesting conversations about some of these things. All these years later I am convinced of 3 things. 1: The US Constitution is the best Constitution that any Nation in history ever constructed. Australia, like Canada, New Zealand and a few others inherited a lot from Britain including many obscure things which do cause us problems. The Founding fathers dumped a lot of stupid stuff and that allowed America its extraordinary growth. What America's done in a little over 200 years is extraordinary. America helped take humanity into the sky, then into space and then to the moon. 2: The Greatest threat the US Nation (its people and constitution) isn't Russia, China communism, socialism or any other ism or nation. Its Americans who are bent of getting what they want irrespective of any damage or consequences it does to America. Every country has those sorts of people but with the US constitution American citizens have very few restraints on what they can do. When it works well America booms like it has with the computer age, but when those people are damaging then there's almost nothing to contain that damage. These militias and the NRA being are just 1 example and that has effects outside America. America's corporations are another example and America's agencies like the CIA are another thing entirely. 3: A healthy functioning America is in the best interests of the entire Western Democratic World. Whether anyone wants to consider the economics, trade, political freedom and a host of other things America has is huge influence. Lets not forget that the worlds other 2 major powers Russia and China are both run by absolute dictators with almost no restraint to what they will do to any opposition. Putin has had people he didn't like assassinated, sometimes when they are in other countries. Xi Jinping has started a genocidal program of an entire culture that doesn't fit with his view of the world. Chinese advocates are publicly stating on social media *like YouTube) how they will crush the America and the Western World. Right now I'd encourage every America to consider 2 words "healthy" and "functioning." Is it "healthy" to have a mother give her 17year old a gun (any gun) and let him lose on the street? Is it "functioning" for a justice system to have a judge to refuse a legal advocate to state the case that 2 dead people are victims of a crime. I'd ask that of any of my frat brothers who are lawyers. How is it that even possible. The basic function of all justice systems is to allow parties (or their advocates) to state their case and have it judged. What do you call it when a judge allows one side to call the other side whatever it likes as he restricts what words the other side can use? I truly hope America can find some political leadership that has the backbone to sort this mess out. Because I absolutely believe that a "healthy functioning" America is in everyone's best interest.
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@iak706 Its a nice argument and totally devoid of reality. The defense was allowed to call them criminals WITHOUT a charge or a conviction. SO YOUR ARGUMENT IS PEDANTIC LEGAL BULLSHIT and typical of why justice systems are failing across the world. The simplest of facts is that Kyle Rittenhouse killed 2 people who were doing nothing more than exercising their 1st Amendment Right to protest the authorities for a grievance and fucking morons like you have legitimized it. I hope you don't mind that the next time you or anyone you know is parading down the street playing tough boy doesn't mind getting gunned down because OTHERS FELT AFRAID OF THEM.
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