Steve QJ
1 min readDec 6, 2021

--

And this has "literally" nothing to do with your claim that Rittenhouse was there to "defend against BLM". Or the reason why he was acquitted.

You can call his character into question all you like. We'd probably agree. I'm absolutely not on Rittenhouse's side in all this. You can talk about how ridiculous gun laws and self-defence laws are all you like. I'd almost definitely agree here too.

The point is, "white supremacy" is such a univariate, inaccurate, dead-end answer to the questions of why it happened and what to do about it. The rioters setting fire to Kenosha weren't white supremacists (or BLM). The residents and business owners who didn't want everything they owned burned to the ground weren't white supremacists. The prosecutors who filed charges that it was almost impossible for the jury to convict on weren't white supremacists.

"White supremacy" isn't shorthand for "anything you don't like".

--

--

Steve QJ
Steve QJ

Written by Steve QJ

Race. Politics. Culture. Sometimes other things. Almost always polite. Find more at https://steveqj.substack.com

Responses (1)