All the Bias Fit to Deceive
Chris Roberts, American Renaissance, August 27, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested for shooting three people Tuesday night. The New York Times did a surprisingly even-handed analysis of the video from that evening, which strongly suggests that Mr. Rittenhouse was acting in self defense.
Others have not been so thoughtful.
A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.
He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.
Fix your damn headlines.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) August 27, 2020
a 17 year old white supremacist terrorist was there to “resolve conflict”??? please listen to the language he’s using. this is the chief of police. again, police are the largest organized terrorist group in america and they protect their own https://t.co/ooyXcRGCcY
— 🌱 (@noname) August 27, 2020
Just remember: left-wing radicals want universal healthcare and right-wing radicals want to hunt black people for sport
— Just Lana (@MapleSpecter) August 26, 2020
If it is a reference to Kyle Rittenhouse, is she aware that the three people he shot were all white?
After alleged mass shooter Kyle Rittenhouse shot several people in Kenosha, he casually walked towards police and gave them what appears to be a pre-planned hand signal. And the police didn’t lay a finger on him.
The police are working hand and hand with these terrorists groups pic.twitter.com/sVpqj0ax8q
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) August 26, 2020
After months of police brutally suppressing BLM protesters in Portland with impact munitions and tear gas, is it any wonder the far right would feel this emboldened? https://t.co/u6rr5MXjZJ
— Cassie Miller (@cassiepmiller) August 22, 2020
If protests and riots have been “brutally” suppressed, how have they gone on for months? Why has brutal suppression resulted in no deaths?
Some leftists don’t care about facts:
Put there by a police officer last night probably https://t.co/pE9QDrc4w0
— Bhaskar Sunkara (@sunraysunray) August 27, 2020
Who gives a shit https://t.co/0YmhlltyE0
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 27, 2020
Others clearly don’t know much about weapons:
They’re making having a knife in your car evidence of guilt punishable by death and literally shooting people with a machine gun evidence of innocence
— luke (@lukeoneil47) August 27, 2020
When I pointed out Luke O’Neil’s mistake, instead of correcting it, he blocked me.
Although many in the media won’t denounce the riots, they are furious with Tucker Carlson for defending Kyle Rittenhouse. You can watch Mr. Carlson’s comments here::
A Black man was shot in the back by police in front of his kids, a Trump-inspired vigilante shot peaceful protestors and the propaganda network of the Republican Party is celebrating it. This. Is. Happening. Wake the fuck up people.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) August 27, 2020
The first ten minutes of tonight’s Tucker Carlson Tonight are the closest thing I think I’ve ever seen to pure, unfiltered fascism in American public life. Going out to the largest cable news audience ever.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 27, 2020
Carlson doesn’t give a shit if he sparks a civil war as long as he keeps his ratings up and keeps collecting his big, fat paycheck. https://t.co/tSFWgsaYgQ
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) August 27, 2020
He is deliberately stoking violence. Period. He does it constantly on his show — intentionally incendiary rhetoric and images. There are many ways to discuss the issues involved. His is wildly irresponsible.
— Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) August 27, 2020
It’s hard to overstate how dangerous this is. Carlson has the most popular cable news show in American history. We’re heading into the abyss. https://t.co/KVZGaHR5zn
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 27, 2020
An architect of the Iraq War wrote this:
Baby hands and forearms on an AR-15. Rittenhouse will be tried as an adult for his actions, as he should be. He pulled the trigger. But millions of Americans are complicit in the policies that put such a weapon into such hands and left two families so preventably bereaved. pic.twitter.com/3CPhpjHH4O
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 26, 2020
