Nick Sandmann reaches out to Kyle Rittenhouse
And as so often is the case with news of special interest to the US right, it’s a British paper that publishes it.
Sandmann has learned more in a few years through the crucible of his personal experience than most people learn in a lifetime. He writes:
Kyle was 17-years-old when he became a household name after that terrible tragedy in Kenosha.
I was 16-years-old when I was catapulted into the national conversation by video of an encounter with a Native American activist on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
In only hours a CNN host tweeted an image of me, writing: ‘Honest question. Have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid’s?’.
Kyle wasn’t given his day in court by his critics.
And neither was I.
The attacks on Kyle came from the national news media, just as they came for me.
They came quickly, without hesitation, because Kyle was an easy target that they could paint in the way they wanted to.
This is the problem with liberal media outlets in the United States. They want to get the story first, get the most views, make the most money, and advance the agenda from liberal patrons.
Absolutely true. And almost every word from the MSM was a lie in both cases, meant to defame and set the narrative at the outset:
Taking a life, for any reason, sticks with someone forever and yet the liberal elites would rather turn it into a joke for likes.
Not only does Kyle have to deal with that, but it is compounded with the overwhelming stress and trauma of the character assassination taking place against him.
From my own experience, the death threats, feeling of no future ahead, and that millions of people hate you, is enough to alter you in many concrete ways and permanently.
Make no mistake: even the strongest of people cannot resist the mental impact when the media war machine targets you.
There’s much more at the link, including a discussion of whether Rittenhouse could sue and what might happen if he does. Sandmann adds that he is still involved in six suits against the media for the defamation he suffered.
He adds:
One of the saddening parts of this media onslaught is that it has taken young people like Kyle and myself to expose how corrupt the media really is…
At this time I would like to use my platform to let Kyle know that I am here for you and if you ever would like to reach out to me, I am about the only person our age to have an idea of how the media is treating you. The way the media has treated you is terrible, and you don’t have to face it alone.
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan.”]
Sandmann is an impressive young man and certainly much more thoughtful and together than I was at his age.
Sandmann does a service to all of us by expressing quite clearly how devastating such media attacks can be. Especially n for the young, who have not gained the experience and knowledge it takes to sand up to such unfair, partisan attacks. Adults who would do such things to the young are sadistic. I know in my heart that such treatment would have utterly devastated me and ruined my life at that stage of life.
Reaching out to Rittenhouse is a gesture showing decency and compassion. Good for Nick. He is a far, far better man than any of the partisan hacks posing as journalists.
Ironically, I think the injustice Sandmann has suffered has made a better man of him than he already was (and I think he handled the situation in Washington with remarkable maturity). It’s my experience that suffering can tear people down, but it can also help us to find a strength and compassion we didn’t know we had. I suspect that we’re seeing an example of the latter here.
I pray Rittenhouse will be fully acquitted, but I am not optimistic, given that Antifa types are allowed to shout at the jury room with bullhorns. What the H is the matter with Kenosha law enforcement? Well, they were not on the job at the time of the riots either.
It is a dying city, and it deserves that outcome.
I followed the whole trial daily on Legal Insurrection. The prosecutors are outrageous bullshitters.
What the H is the matter with Kenosha law enforcement?
Democrat city whose leaders called off the police to allow the riot. Same as Minneapolis and Portland.
Mike K:
I stand with the police, even though a frightened cop held a pistol on me during a traffic stop in DC years ago ( I was the passenger, not driver, both medical students on an internship interview trip; the driver was an Indian-American, light brown, a Harvard grad). The Kenosha cops should not have stood idly by, based on a stupid and unlawful mayoral order, while their city was ransacked by barbarians a la ancient Rome.
It is past time to take things into our own hands, instead of simply obeying bizarre Democratic orders.
Minneapolis and especially Portland have earned destruction.
While I would not expect Sandman to do this for Zimmerman, especially as it would be a bit anachronistic, but where were the leaders…”leaders” of the Republican Party, the NRA, or the conservative…”conservative” intelligencia, so-called, for GZ? He was just a regular person who did nothing wrong except defend himself. Perhaps if more people had stood up for him, especially more visible people, a kid like Kyle wouldn’t be in this situation. But conservatives…”conservatives”, public and private, were too cowardly to speak up for him. Nor even give backing to those very few who did speak up. Thus here we are.
Yes, the GOP tends toward cowardice; it refuses to contradict the enemy.It has long sought debate, which Progs do not do. Except for Trump, who is still being flayed by the Goebbel-type leaders of the MSM.Biden DOJ is going to prosecute Bannon for contempt of congress, though Holder the Red was not prosecuted by the Obama DOJ for the same misdemeanor. We have little justice left in this land.
But Trump continues to be the GOP driving force. Even Rience Priebus, the former RNC boss, has developed a spine, at least as expressed on Fox News (is there any other on cable? NO!)
Handmade tales are spun with a color by special and peculiar interests map.
the GOP tends toward cowardice; it refuses to contradict the enemy
How long did it take them to stand up to slavery and diversity [dogma]? Still, I will not fault them. Baby steps.
Democrat city whose leaders called off the police to allow the riot. Same as Minneapolis and Portland.
And DC, where a senior officer murdered an unarmed woman with plausible cause, and the Capitol Hill officers assaulted (perhaps an instance of Whitmer-closet) the people assembled, forcing a riot (“disorder”) that was spun with gay appeal in a handmade tale over three trimesters in progress.
“Democrat city whose leaders called off the police to allow the riot. Same as Minneapolis and Portland
Was Baltimore first? In the sense that the mayor told the police to stand down and let the looters rampage?
The GOP … well, I will hold back from expressing an opinion.
Wow! Both of these young men standing up for others; it is moving especially since so many of the adults who should have been involved failed to do so.
A brave and honorable step for Nick Sandman to take.
Compare and contrast the reaction to being thrust into the spotlight by an apparently balanced and wise beyond his years Nick Sandmann…
…and the desperate grasping for relevance by David Hogg, a barely above average student who was granted special-needs student admission status at Harvard for nothing other than being an attention whore who continues to try to find ways to to capitalize on the murder of his HS schoolmates (I won’t debase the victims by referring to them as his friends).
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS, neo!
Full story on the defense request for mistrial WITHOUT prejudice, based on evidence withheld, from Epoch Times via Zerohedge.com
Cicero says “ It is past time to take things into our own hands, instead of simply obeying bizarre Democratic orders.” Hell yeah.
As the Dutchman comments at conservative treehouse, withdraw consent,
Nick Sandmann and Kyle Rittenhouse have turned out to be the right young men in the right places at the right times. (Hey, yes, Kyle, too. When government safety personnel don’t step up to protect the rest of us, it must be civilians who step up to do the job.) Young Nick and Kyle each epitomizes a version of the men of America’s Greatest Generation. May God be with them.
WTP on November 17, 2021 at 2:46 pm: I think part of the hesitancy we saw from conservatives back then was an attitude of “let the judicial process work; we should not try to get in front of that.” Back then trust in “the system” was still higher than it is now. Plus it was only later that Soros et al. discovered or pursued the idea of supporting vile pro-criminal DA’s into elected office, etc., thus turning the law enforcement process totally on its head and promoting the “defund the police” movements.
They’re both living proof that it’s OK to Be White. No matter how much it drives the various enemies insane.
@ R2L > ” I think part of the hesitancy we saw from conservatives back then was an attitude of “let the judicial process work; we should not try to get in front of that.” Back then trust in “the system” was still higher than it is now.”
The Right was also criticizing Obama for interjecting his personal feelz into so many situations, including the Zimmerman-Trayvon events, and may have felt it better not to behave in the manner they criticized.
Now, I think it’s time to take the gloves off.
Lauren Boebert is showing the way.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stephen-kruiser/2021/11/17/lauren-boebert-lights-up-democrats-hypocrisy-after-gosar-censure-n1534059
I’m also becoming quite fond of MTG:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/marjorie_taylor_greene_takes_on_the_rino_elites.html
I had a smile when the democratic Governor of Wisconsin called out the national Guard. Whatever happens at the “show trial”, I think he could sense that The local police and the residents of Kenosha were ready to defend “their” town and that the transported trash and their hired transportation were going to be on their own. Kenosha isn’t a no-where cross road settlement, but I’d guess that lots of the owners and employees of the looted businesses were friends and neighbors. Jacob Blake was “trouble” and he got what was coming to him when he tried to bull his way through the police responding to a call for help, an outstanding warrant, and the apparent “kidnapping” of several small children. Then there was the little hook knife clutched in his fist. I suspect a good part of the looting was punishment for an area that swung from Democrat to President Trump. I’d guess that the Rittenhouse trial was triggered by the same motive. The Democratic Administration would not protect Kenosha or its residents from the Democratic Storm Troopers. With any luck, “Democrat” will bring back images of a burning city for the foreseeable future.
Kyle done good. They will do all they can to make him pay for that. You are next.
…and the desperate grasping for relevance by David Hogg, a barely above average student
IIRC, his composite SAT score was around 1300, which should be about adequate for admission to the generic private research university, or a selective private college, or the more selective half of the state research universities. The thing is, he wasn’t admitted by the University of Miami or Davidson College or the University of Florida, he was admitted to Harvard even though he’s not an athlete and he doesn’t have any diversity pokemon points. What sort of white male do the admissions examiners want? An arrogant and opinionated ass who spouts off about guns. Those types benefit from being humbled by experience, and they’ve gone and tossed lighter fluid on the fire.
While I would not expect Sandman to do this for Zimmerman, especially as it would be a bit anachronistic, but where were the leaders…”leaders” of the Republican Party, the NRA, or the conservative…”conservative” intelligencia, so-called, for GZ?
Robert verBruggen argued repeatedly in National Review that he ought to go to prison and complained after the verdict. Daniel J Flynn, the career conservative employed by the Young America’s Foundation, contended he was a sissy for defending himself with a pistol. Glenn Reynolds was congenially disposed to Zimmerman (the 2d Amendment is an important issue to him). AFAICR, the politicians said nothing.
“Make no mistake: even the strongest of people cannot resist the mental impact when the media war machine targets you.”
To me, one of the most impressive things about Trump was his mental toughness when the media tried to take him down 24/7/365.
Probably not news for anyone here, but a good source for you to point others at.
For those of you seeking to understand the issues of the Rittenhouse case, this is of substantial value — it is written by a man with many years of experience with both weapons of all sorts used by non-military (including police) as well as teaching creds for both concealed weapons and use of force (including to police). It is not a LEGAL opinion, but it is a general summary of the issues which generally apply to the general situation, including the one which Rittenhouse found himself in:
https://monsterhunternation.com/2014/11/25/the-legalities-of-shooting-people/
@ OBH – Larry Correia is always a tower of practicality and information. But, it’s frightening how accurately he is describing the current situation, from 7 years ago. He’s talking specifically about police shootings, but his warnings still apply.
What’s saddest about Kyle’s case is that it’s the prosecutors violating “our constitutional protections and our agreed upon legal system.”
I also note this peripheral observation:
And that was most likely not including articles that were flat out lying
https://nypost.com/2021/11/17/10-debunked-heinous-lies-about-kyle-rittenhouse-devine/