Comments by "nexus1g" (@nexus1g) on "The New York Times" channel.

@goblin6587 Kyle wasn't necessarily a hero, no. He was just doing his duty as part of the militia of the United States and he defended his life from attackers that had no legal ground for attacking him.
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@zachf748 Kyle was performing his duty well, and when it came to him defending himself, no one could have handled the situation better. He was there to deter damage and theft during an open rebellion.
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@dahlonlee Let's look to see if the law agrees with you: Title 10 Sec. 246 seems to be relevant here. It reads: "(a)The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard."
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@wandasetzer1469 Clearly by law Rittenhouse is a member of the US militia. You're just changing the goalpost to specifically paramilitary groups now that you finally realize you were incapable of reading simple English.
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@wandasetzer1469 Resorting to argumentum ad hominem now? Is it really that hard for you to just admit you were wrong?
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@wandasetzer1469 At least I can read, which is more than you're capable of apparently.. You have to learn to not only read, but also how to swallow your ego. You're gonna end up choking on it again in the future if you don't. I can't say how pathetic it is that you're so scared of just being wrong.
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@AB-ft7xg Title 10, Sec. 246. That's why a 17-year-old has a semi-automatic rifle (not an assault rifle) at an open rebellion.
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@dofadaking We actually need more of this kind of presence during riots. Calm, collected, well-trained with both his rifle and in marksmanship, acting with deadly force only in self-defense. Protests are fine; open rebellion is not.
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@Kommunik8Moor 1. The riot was already happening. Cars and businesses were burned out to husks. 2. He was a member of that community. I live in a sprawl of 2.5 million people. It's 30 miles just to commute from one side to the other. Antioch, IL is as little as about 10 miles from Kenosha. 3. It's his duty as a member of the militia of the US to maintain civil law -- something a lot of people have forgotten.
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@wandasetzer1469 You clearly are the one who needs to brush up on their reading comprehension... Or just flush your bias because it's making you willfully dumb... One or the other... The original law from 1956, which was Title 10, Sec. 311 read, "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States." The mention of National Guard membership is applied to women only and was added later. And don't forget that (b)(1) exists which specifically says and puts apart, "the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia" from the rest of all males between the ages of 17 and 45 and women in the NG as a separate unorganized militia. I just hope you're trolling at this point and not so incredibly lost as it seems over very simple English.
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@dofadaking No, he was doing his duty as a member of the militia.
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@bonagrad92 Some people... lol
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You shouldn't be proud. They're attempting to abuse the government to infringe on the rights of everyone and overstep its bounds to make laws it doesn't have the legitimate power to make.
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@MistaZULE Rousseau was Swiss, my dude. Genevan specifically -- hence the French name and his writings being originally in French. You have personal issues you need to work through before you start asserting your world views as correct.
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This aged like milk.
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@MistaZULE I spend my time reading the history of the nation, about its principles, and the philosophies that informed its founding from writers such as Locke and Rousseau. I find them to be solid principles that almost no one understands today -- left, right, or center.
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@WayneMercy Read it again using this as a guide: The militia is... 1. All males between 17 and 45 that are citizens or have made a declaration to become a citizen. 2. Females who are members of the National Guard.
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@glennv3176 "the new york times, until 2 weeks ago, said Kyle killed a bunch of black people." Do you have a source you can provide? Some article titles?
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@WayneMercy You just now learned this law exists, you Googled it because you needed an aid in understanding it, and you're that confident you understand it well enough at this time to determine whether what you found was correct or incorrect? Hold on, let me include the rest of this section of federal law, because I just quoted the portion of it that matters here... You're the first person I've met who has ever interpreted it this way. In its entirety, it reads... "10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes "(a)The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. "(b)The classes of the militia are— .....(1)the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and .....(2)the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia." If (a) is only about those in the National Guard, why does (b)(2) exist? Why would (a) not describe those to be included in (b)(2)?
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@MustPassTruck I don't think so. There's video of the police thanking those there in capacity of militia, and even asking them if they wanted water and throwing the militia a couple of bottles. The major issue was that the police were simply too outnumbered to do much. They really needed, and appreciated, the help -- with what the chief of police has said since in interviews notwithstanding. I'm sure even he was appreciative of the help at the time, the snake. I agree as far as the state of Wisconsin's government and the local Kenosha government, though. They definitely needed National Guard there to have at least 2:1 numbers to maintain civility during protests.
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@felipesimoes1699 This is a good take.
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@MistaZULE The French Enlightenment? It was a European movement, and Locke is English, not French. Apparently I am special between the two of us in at least really wrapping my head around this content. And I'm not saying I'm special. You argued, "Someone has spent way too long in some wierd rabbit holes." I was explaining the source of my opinion, and that its source is not some "weird rabbit hole." Then you change the defense of my studies against your accusation as being an exhibition of chest-pounding. You're simply avoiding having an actual discussion about the subject matter, constantly deflecting to fallacious ad hominem attacks because you're actually scared to have good faith argumentation because I'm someone who's spent a lot of time studying American political philosophy. You'd much rather maintain your world view than to know better.
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Mass shooters always have a reason, a history. This doesn't make sense. ISIS claimed responsibility.
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@Ray092684 That's the most asinine thing I've ever heard in my life. Even paramedics have a right to defend themselves with lethal force. They have a right to have a power multiplier to mount that defense.
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@witenagamot2672 Not so much bored as much as fed a diet of sensationalist lies by media, because people don't know how to demand any higher quality content from their media.
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It's sad to see people like you ready to hand over your rights to the government who doesn't even have the power to take them if offered. Still, they will, and that should be alarming to you.
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They don't show the kids who are demonstrating in opposition to this authoritarian movement.
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Circe, changing the world for the worse. These unwise children are attempting to coerce the government to use power it doesn't have to infringe on the rights of other people under coercion. You try to say that these nations haven't disintegrated into complete anarchy, but that's the complete opposite of the concern -- the concern is tyranny. All nations have fallen into a deep tyranny. Americans are the only ones who were smart enough to not give their guns to that corrupt tyranny.
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@dofadaking Because no one there was in the wrong -- they were just on different sides. Both had a right to be there and represent their own sides. There was a side against the civil authority and one side supporting it. Who's right? Who's wrong? To quote Jefferson: "and can history produce an instance of a rebellion so honourably conducted? I say nothing of it's motives. they were founded in ignorance, not wickedness. god forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion. the people cannot be all, & always, well informed. the part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive; if they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. we have had 13. states independant 11. years. there has been one rebellion. that comes to one rebellion in a century & a half for each state. what country before ever existed a century & half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms. the remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. what signify a few lives lost in a century or two? the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure."
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@Mrcloc Grosskreutz never got a shot off as far as I can tell.
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@Mrcloc I'm not seeing it. Got a time stamp for me perchance and maybe a bit of a description of what to look for?
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At least someone's finally addressing the elephant (or should I say donkey) in the room. People like the sound of Democrat policy because it's feel-good, but it's just not realistic to implement because people just don't want that policy to negatively impact themselves. This is why center-right policy -- e.g. school vouchers -- makes the most sense: It's realistic and workable policy. However, I'm sick of hearing about wealth taxes. It doesn't make sense to continually tax money that's already been taxed, and it doesn't make sense to tax perceived value of items, like corporate baseball cards (stocks) that haven't yet actually been sold. Yes, they can get loans against the value of their stock. They have to pay that principle back plus interest using income that is taxed, so whatever they borrow, they're paying taxes on because they need liquid assets to pay it back. Taxes are also paid on that interest that's paid. It's in no way a way to avoid taxes. plement because people just don't want that policy to negatively impact themselves. This is why center-right policy makes the most sense, because it's realistic.
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MissTARDISGIRL 10, why would you help with something like this? Why do you think it's in the power of anyone or anything to infringe on the natural rights of the people? Come up with solutions because we all want to save lives, but you become the monsters you hunt when you turn to enslaving people.
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Reasonable suspicion of a crime about to be committed, is being committed or has been committed allows an officer to search the vehicle and then apply for a search warrant later for the evidence found to be admissible in court.
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