New: rittenhouseAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzansteemhive-183959hive-180932photographyhive-150122hive-166405hive-185836uncommonlabhive-183397lifehive-144064bitcoinhive-139150hive-188619krsuccesshive-103599hive-124908hive-101145hive-180301hive-109690hive-193186TrendingNewHotLikersflexbooth (78)in colbert • 8 months agoChange the law?I couldn't help but recall what the aggressive moron, Stephen Colbert, said upon the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, which was, "Change the law." I recently got into a heated discussion about Stand Your…leguna (78)in self • 2 years agoI'm clearly not a lawyer. I'm a complete autodidact on self-defense laws.That said, I've read a lot of books, and I listen to a lot of lawyers who focus in this space. It's hard to blame the average person for being completely ignorant. It's easier to blame people who…pgveer (64)in politics • 2 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Best and worst about Kyle Rittenhouse#whatpubliceducationdoestothebrain TOTALLY the sameleguna (78)in santi • 2 years agoAnthony Santi died because he did the right thing.This is a serious case and a real tragedy. Still, the point has to be made to a lot of you that, even if you believe that morality is all relative, logically, an object can't be green and not green…arbitration (78)in gun • 2 years agoI have to admit to having been naive.Eli Dicken proved that I was stupidly optimistic about people. That was never his intent. He just did something more noble and heroic than any one of us could hope to do in our lives, only to be met…leguna (78)in rittenhouse • 2 years agoBinger was garbage in more than one way!For obvious reasons, the Rittenhouse trial was brought up a lot in my recent carry and self-defense course. One sentiment that was echoed regularly was that the prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case…flexbooth (78)in elray • 2 years agoThis is another clear and obvious use of a gun for self-defense which has mostly been swept under the rug with an interesting wrinkle that should be addressed.One of the reasons why I follow people who I consider stupid is that they often say stupid things that I never would have thought of and that drives me to do some research on things that hadn't…pgveer (64)in politics • 2 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Best and worst takes on gunspgveer (64)in politics • 3 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The best and worst about Rittenhousearbitration (78)in law • 3 years agoWe shouldn't evoke O.J to show that juries can get it wrong.After the Rittenhouse verdict, obviously there were conflicts between people who think that he got away with murder and smart people. During the discussions (if you can call them that) a lot of the…flexbooth (78)in rittenhouse • 3 years agoWe are not the government; but, we are all market actors.We all know - well, anybody who doesn't live in a cave knows - that lawsuits are pending in regard to the media coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse. The case that most people, including me, decided to…flexbooth (78)in tmap • 3 years agoThe Media Accountability Project (TMAP) does bring up a lot of legal and philosophical issues.Kyle Rittenhouse basically spearheaded the thing and I hope that he wins two defamation cases in particular; but, it's rightfully difficult to win defamation suits in the USA. In order to win a…flexbooth (78)in criminal • 3 years agoBinger - More evil than stupid?One thing that continues to surprise me is the constant reminder that the belief that, if a prosecutor brings charges, the charges must have some merit is non-partisan. I always thought that would…duerstthewuerst (11)in news • 3 years agoKyle Kulinski's Worst Take Ever On #Rittenhouse Cenk Uyger & Whoopi Goldberg Defamation SuitKyle Kulinski's Worst Take Ever On #Rittenhouse Cenk Uyger & Whoopi Goldberg Defamation Suit WATCH:arbitration (78)in news • 3 years agoNPR, the enemy of the American people.I'm not going to share NPR's article because I don't want to give them clicks; but, it's worth pointing out that a lot of people respect NPR as an objective news source and that respect seems to be…flexbooth (78)in kyle • 3 years agoIf you're against both open and concealed carry, you're against physically weaker people being able to defend themselves against assault.I know I'm sounding like a broken record; but, this is the case of the century so far and it's an entirely different observation. It seems like the last, ditch effort of the "Hang Kyle!" crowd is…flexbooth (78)in smollett • 3 years agoIf you are on my team you are allowed to defend yourself.If you're insulted by this, you deserve it. People are still harping about it and I'm going to harp back. Pretend that the Jussie Smollett attack wasn't a hoax. Pretend that Smollett had actually…flexbooth (78)in rittenhouse • 3 years agoBinger used the power and intimidation of the state to force an innocent person to cough up two thousand dollars.I'm guessing that among low IQ people there's a divide between people who still don't know who Dominick Black is and people who are irate that he took a plea bargain resulting in a slap on the…mingus (72)in politics • 3 years agoA prosecutor should never attack a defendant for exercising his or her constitutional rights in front of a jury.I know that I should feel like I've talked about the Rittenhouse trial enough; but, so long as there are halfwits who think he should have been found guilty it's worth voicing the correct opinion.…flexbooth (78)in rittenhouse • 3 years agoStand your ground and self-defense laws.So far as I can tell every state in the USA can be roughly broken down into three categories when it comes to self-defense: 1: Stand your ground. 2: Duty to retreat. 3: Somewhere in the…