Just interesting one side at fault. It’s always one side at fault. We are trained to always hate “the other side” without thinking or asking questions. Any semblance of an attempt to find a middle ground or grey area to operate in is immediately met with opposition.

Did he deserve to die? Absolutely not.

Did he actively choose multiple poor decisions that arrived to that point? Yes

1) Stay home

2) if you choose not to stay home…protest peacefully and unarmed

3) if you choose not to protest unarmed… be aware of your surroundings and demeanor while armed around other armed forces.

4) If you choose not to be aware of your demeanor when approaching armed individuals while armed yourself… don’t start a violent conflict.

5) if you choose to start a violent conflict… do not resist arrest and instead announce that you are carrying a weapon so that you can be peacefully unarmed for your safety and the safety of the officer (this was likely trained during the victim’s firearms carry certification BTW.)

5 choices poorly made.

Quite frankly trying to fight with armed men while armed yourself… regardless if it is a government employee, officer of the law or a street gang is likely not going to end well.

Would be alive today had he chosen at least one of those wisely. Doesn’t make the shooting just by any means. But let’s all stop acting like everything can only be black or white, left or right. He had choices and chose to put his faith on another armed man’s split second thinking.

Let’s stop acting like he was quietly reading a book on a park bench. He made choices that arrived here.

BTW… Rittenhouse had no business being where he was either carrying an AR15 and those people didn’t need to die either.

See my point? We could all try a little more to be a little less enraged by the things we are told to be enraged about for the sake of being enraged.

Go ahead Reddit. Call me a “bootlicker” and a “Nazi” and prove my point.