Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "" video.

@frankmarano1118 Agreed. Also, I do not agree with the law that Rittenhouse is being prosecuted for violating. It mandates that minors his age be tried as adults. I am opposed to mandates. Yes, those, too. ;) The people, i.e., ADULTS, who armed him and then disappeared from the scene have a lot to answer for. He was a juvenile who never finished high school and has no father in the picture. I strongly condemn what he did, but let's have some perspective. The laws pertaining to underage people exist for a reason.
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@vivianspinarski4846 The ADULTS who brought him there, gave him possession of the firearm, and convinced him he was deputized to assist the police. At 17, with no high school diploma or GED. Those adults. They were MIA as soon as things got hot for this kid. Get a grip.
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@thebluescfc3299 Same here. I'm not even saying Rittenhouse should be convicted. He should not be tried as an adult in the first place. The adults who put him up to all this, including giving him the gun, suddenly disappeared just when this kid's life was about to change irrevocably. But these people are invested in "sides." And in misconstruing self-defense laws and firearms laws. This will not end well. I don't care.
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Why? If you want to get to the truth, he is the best equipped to tell it.
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@slambo6 The prosecution has the burden of proof. If everyone were to go to a real trial, instead of plea bargain, the system would literally collapse. As long as they arrive at a true picture of what happened and who is responsible, that is a rare win. I'm more interested in the ADULTS who provided the weapon and put Rittenhouse up to this. Their charges are getting little press attention.
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If a person contributes to the circumstances leading to their need to use deadly force, they cannot claim perfect self-defense. Big "if."
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@johnbecker9242 I'm not saying he did or didn't, because I don't know. I'm not biased in advance, nor do I have any desire to influence an ongoing trial. But I'm the problem? Right, we need more vigilantes on juries, absolutely. Not rational people.
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@johnbecker9242 Do you know what "if" means?
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@jamestoney6599 Okay. So . . . You don't know how laws are formulated or interpreted. Why am I not surprised?
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@jamestoney6599 Who said anything about "Antifa" being "right?"
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Well then it is pointless to tell people to arm themselves against active shooters, isn't it? I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm asking you to think this through. This victim had every reason to believe Rittenhouse was an active shooter, and in return for his heroism, he loses most of the muscle in his arm. If Rittenhouse contributed to the circumstances that confused this victim about Rittenhouse's true intent, then Rittenhouse cannot claim complete self defense. You cannot contribute to creating the need to defend yourself, then say that you were just defending yourself. This case is close. Rittenhouse had no business having that weapon. He was carrying illegally. That is a fact.
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@unicorntrooper226 He told the truth. That is what he is supposed to do.
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@alexscarboro6786 It's not irrelevant because Rittenhouse was carrying illegally. But for that I blame the adults who put him in this position.
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@AsteriaRiselta Are you all this crazy? Good to know. Don't be shocked at the next mass shooting, or the one after that, or the one after that . . . .
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@rec-reation9620 Irrelevant. Rittenhouse was underage and should not have been armed.
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@AsteriaRiselta You are praising an underage, high school dropout shooter who came to the Kenosha riots carrying an enormous weapon. Can you be serious? You aren't just saying he shouldn't be convicted. You're saying he saved lives. Yes. Crazy.
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@rec-reation9620 That concerns law enforcement. That concerns the National Guard. That doesn't concern underaged kids being armed and groomed by vigilantes, and then abandonned as soon as something (very predictably) goes wrong.
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@rec-reation9620 I don't agree with the law that Rittenhouse is being charged with violating. It MANDATES treating juveniles as adults. I oppose these laws. He was a minor. He never finished junior year in high school. This case will not change MY mind.
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@vivianspinarski4846 There was a reasonable suspicion at the time that it was about to become a mass shooting. But never mind. Who cares? If you don't, I don't.
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@rec-reation9620 Law enforcement is the job of law enforcement. Self-defense is an imperfect defense if the person himself contributed to the circumstances that led to his need to use deadly force. Big "if." Not just the law, but obvious. Common sense. I have no opinion on how this case should turn out, other than being opposed to trying this kid as as adult. I know what I'd do to the adults that put him up to it!
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@rec-reation9620 NO ONE can claim complete self-defense IF they helped create the conditions that made their use of deadly force necessary TO defend themselves. You forgot that little causal connection. You don't know how to read a statute. Of course if a person is shoplifting a loaf of bread they do not have to let the store security guard stomp them, choke them, or shoot them. DUH.
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@frankmarano1118 AMEN.
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@AsteriaRiselta Like I said. Crazy.
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@AsteriaRiselta They have got you taking sides in this! Wow! 🤣🤣🤣
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@vivianspinarski4846 Whoosh Okay. No worries.
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@vivianspinarski4846 I'll be honest with you all right: decided in 2019 to emigrate by 2025. Will be moving that date up. There, that's honest. I didn't need 2020 to convince me. I already knew.
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@vivianspinarski4846 Who is? Weirdos one and all.
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@vivianspinarski4846 You think your relatives defended MY rights? Nope. My father and my uncle were fighting the actual Hitler before Americans showed up, and yet the US bombed what little is left of my family with depleted uranium. I owe you nothing. So much for mindless emotional appeals. I didn't support the endless regime-change wars. I didn't vote to support them, ever.
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@vivianspinarski4846 You bomb a LOT of people. People tend not to like that. Putting down your arms, and your glorification of armed violence, might be a new idea to try out. Just to see how it goes. For fun.
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@vivianspinarski4846 BTW, Rittenhouse dropped out before COVID, and school continued online. So his poor interpersonal skills at school would have made no difference. Same goes for GED. He just needed to apply himself.
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@AsteriaRiselta WHO IS DEFENDING THEM? Furthermore, NO media has pointed out that the law mandating that juveniles be tried as adults is fundamentally unjust. But I'm saying it. That's because I can still think for myself. You're just fooled into "taking sides."
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@divawendy Was it also "self-defense" against Richard McGinnis, the video producer from the conservative new outlet who just missed getting shot, when Rittenhouse, being the KID that he is, fired recklessly? Was that "self-defense," too? McGinnis had already done a neutral/mildly favorable report on Rittenhouse earlier that day, and was in the vicinity because he sensed trouble.
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@matthewbalsinger3238 They seem not to understand that a person cannot contribute to the circumstances that led to their need to defend themselves, then claim perfect self-defense. Self-defense does not work that way. This is a close case. The one survivor has the most valuable testimony.
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@jamestoney6599 He was on a public street carrying a gun he wasn't supposed to have on that public street. I'd like more attention paid to whoever gave it to him, then was "mysteriously" nowhere to be found when things got hot. The kid could have easily been killed.
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He had a right to be there. He thought Rittenhouse was an active shooter, and had a basis for that belief.
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@nturavrgchick6055 I'm not rooting for any "team." I don't agree with the law that Rittenhouse is being charged with violating in the first place, because it mandates charging all juveniles as adults. I'm opposed to such laws, in all circumstances. The adults who put Rittenhouse in this position have a lot to answer for, as do all the ones who are trying to make him out to be a quasi-hero. Repugnant bunch.
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@nturavrgchick6055 There was no need for a Kyle. Get that straight. This is the last thing this KID needed. Kenosha did not need Kyle, Kyle did not need Kenosha. Small point, which may or may not apply here: a person cannot contribute to creating the need to defend themselves with deadly force, and then claim perfect self-defense when they use deadly force. I don't know that Rittenhouse did. But that IS the law.
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@dscat5908 Why do you keep repeating this obvious nonsense that it was suddenly all up to Kyle? A kid without his junior year in high school completed, a kid with no GED, no work history to speak of, no father in the picture. You do not see this is crazy? Really? You do not see he was manipulated? "Felt a need," my arse.
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@nturavrgchick6055 Well, we've reached the impass. It absolutely was NOT something ANY minor should have tried to rectify, in any manner. Bless him? He cannot fulfill his own responsibilities thus far -- which I don't blame him for, I don't know him -- and you endorse his vigilantism? He is the last person to be making these decisions. He could have been killed. At 17. What would you say then?
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@khester7397 Does "may or may not apply" something you can read and figure out? What I stated was the law. I do not know if it applies to these facts.
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@nturavrgchick6055 Kyle, a MEDIC? What license? What first aid certificate? Who trained and hired him? Wow has this society sunk low.
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@nturavrgchick6055 And was Rittenhouse's reckless endangerment of Richard McGinnis "self-defense," too? McGinnis was there videotaping on behalf of a conservative news outlet and just missed getting shot. Typical actions of a KID, by the way, who had no business being there.
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@nturavrgchick6055 Lifeguard? You mean the basic first aid pertaining to water rescue? There was no water in Kenosha. That does not qualify anyone to be a medic. A medic has to finish high school and actually complete a certificate course. You know. Like at community college. This is a nuthouse. Good to know.
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@nturavrgchick6055 Where do you think I attacked you personally? How?
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@nturavrgchick6055 I'll attack you, no problem: you are glad the people he killed are dead. That's your "Christian principles" for you. Nice going. Sheer luck no bystanders were hit.
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