Steve QJ
1 min readDec 3, 2021

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He was too young to buy it. And he didn't. But sadly, he wasn't too young to carry it or use it. Everybody should be mad about this. But it doesn't change the verdict in this case.

And he didn't brazenly walk past police after he shot people. I am constanly amazed by the amount of misinformation in this case. He walks up to the police with his hands up, expecting to be arrested. You can see the moment here:

https://youtu.be/VpTW2AJE9MQ?t=1216

The police, unaware of what he's done, don't arrest him. As I've said numerous times, I think that the police should be able to arrest any civilian walking around with a semi-automatic rifle hanging from their chest. But they can't. This is a problem with the law. But it doesn't change the verdict in this case.

If you're suggesting that "white supremacy" now extends to killing white people (again, let's be clear, neither Rosenbaum, Huber or Grosskreutz were opposing white supremacy and Rittenhouse didn't shoot them to enforce it), then I humbly suggest that whatever you're describing needs a different name.

Not only because white supremacy is a useful term for describing hate groups that target people of colour and I'd rather it didn't get diluted into meaninglessness, but also because what you're describing is obviously not about whiteness.

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Steve QJ
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