Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Defense lawyer prompts outrage after mentioning Ahmaud Arbery's toenails" video.

  1. Fun fact: Arbery had every right to try and defend himself from two men with guns. The only person who's life was in danger, was Arbery's. Arbery posed no threat to them. Instead, it was the other way around. The same way Trayvon Martin had the right to defend himself from a grown man who was stalking him with a gun. Trayvon posed no threat to George Zimmerman that night, it was the other way around. The sad truth is that thes people truly believe that Trump has given them the green light to act on their worst impulses. They are committing these heinousActs because they believe it will please Trump and other like-minded people. And it does. "This isn’t incoherent. It reflects a clear principle: Only Trump and his allies, his supporters, and their anointed are entitled to the rights and protections of the law, and if necessary, immunity from it. The rest of us are entitled only to cruelty, by their whim. This is how the powerful have ever kept the powerless divided and in their place, and enriched themselves in the process." "It is not just that the perpetrators of this cruelty enjoy it; it is that they enjoy it with one another. Their shared laughter at the suffering of others is an adhesive that binds them to one another, and to Trump." "The president and his advisers have sought to enrich themselves at taxpayer expense; they have attempted to corrupt federal law-enforcement agencies to protect themselves and their cohorts, and they have exploited the nation’s darkest impulses in the pursuit of profit. But their ability to get away with this fraud is tied to cruelty." "Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty. It is that cruelty, and the delight it brings them, that binds his most ardent supporters to him, in shared scorn for those they hate and fear: immigrants, blackVoters, feminists, and treasonous white men who empathize with any of those who would steal their birthright. The president’s ability to execute that cruelty through word and deed makes them euphoric. It makes them feel good, it makes them feel proud, it makes them feel happy, it makes them feel united. And as long as he makes them feel that way, they will let him get away with anything, no matter what it costs them." --Adam Serwer, The Atlantic December  2019 "All cruelty springs from weakness." --Seneca
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  2. Rittenhouse: "Sure, I may only be 17, and although I have no formal, let alone informal training in the use of deadly force, I believe I am more than qualified to take my AR-15, and go into a town embroiled in chaos and disorder, and regulate the streets of Kenosha. What could possibly go wrong? You can't argue with that logic. Rittenhouse came to Kenosha that night with ill-will, and malice in his heart. And even though they'll never admit it, his supporters know that it's true. He used the chaos and disorder of that night, as an opportunity to live out his Call of Duty fantasies. And in the process, he took two lives. There's no way Rittenhouse should have walked away scot-free after taking two lives. At the very LEAST, he's guilty of manslaughter.
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  3.  @ivarbrouwer197  The video was taken just weeks before Rittenhouse went on Adeadly  shootingSpree in Kenosha, captured Kyle describing his wish toShoot at people with an AR-15 as they left a pharmacy. The video was obtained and published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In the 29 second video, Rittenhouse can be heard saying, "Bro, I wish I had my f---ing AR. I'd startShooting rounds at them."
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  4.  @earnestlewis1217  Everyone knows that in America, People ofColor don't have the right to defend themselves. So if they do try to defend themselves, it's punishable by an on the spot summary €xe.cution.
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  5.  @jpsailorallaboardmatey461  Kyle is innocent the same way OJ Simpson was innocent in theDeath of Nicole Simpson.
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  6.  @jpsailorallaboardmatey461  Kyle is now the modern day OJ.
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  7.  @keithb6717  But he thinks he is. And he would probablyShoot you if you told him he isn't white.
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  8.  @0IIIIII  But following someone at night will undoubtedly make that person feel threatened. Right?
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  9.  @bryancline8893  A fact is the opposite of what you just said.
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  10.  @0IIIIII  Trayvon didn't "feel" followed, he was actually being followed.
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