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Couldn't have said it better myself. If Rittenhouse was a BLM supporter, you are correct, all we'd hear on CNN and from the left was how he acted in self defense and was ambushed.

Not sure what posts you're reading. How is pointing out the media omitting facts a bullshit talking point? You really think the media on both sides is clean? You really think they both don't omit stuff or twist stuff to fit their agendas? It's bad on both sides. I'm just calling out the latest example of it. CNN had two articles about this incident that contradicted one another. One portrayed Rittenhouse as fleeing the scene and sneaking past cops, while the other one said he walked right up to cops and turned himself in. Well which one is it CNN? The media is an enormous problem right now. The right and left so desperately want to keep their core audience that they don't care about the veracity of a story. All they care about is speed and twisting it to fit their agenda. What doesn't help is a ton of people getting their news from Facebook and other social media. A lot of that "news" is fake articles or trolls, but some people eat that stuff up and pass it along as fact. COVID-19 had tons of instances of this over the past 6 months for example. You poke fun at me, I mock you, that's how it works. You don't get to get away with it because you're in a position of authority here. I won't tolerate it. You started it not me.

I know you're a mod and all, but you sir can go politely f*ck off. I'm not going to tolerate your high and mighty condescending tone of "if you wanna talk with the adults" like I'm some ignorant kid. My points are pretty coherent. You guys just continue to ignore evidence that is counter to your viewpoint. @Silent Hill gets it. You guys don't. Look at the evidence. Take out any bias or agendas, and get back to me and the adults.

Why are you the only one on this forum who gets it?

LMAO. Do you realize how dumb you come across as? Where do I even begin with you. Watch the videos then come chat with me and @Silent Hill. It really seems like none of you clowns even bothered to watch the videos. If this dude was "mature" like you suggest he should've been, he'd be dead. I'll quote whatever laws I want. It's funny how every time evidence is presented, you clowns just ignore it or dismiss it. I'm sorry you can't read and understand that law. For the record, I don't support Trump. He's a horrible president. Never voted for him, never will. He has divided the country and destroyed international relationships.

Just caught up on all of this. Wow @Silent Hill is roasting all your @$$es over and over again but you refuse to watch his videos, read articles, look up Wisconsin law, or any of that. You choose to instead believe what the media wants you to believe, you know, the omitted facts of the case, to keep the narrative alive. This is a very easy self defense case. All you clowns act like Rittenhouse was on some crazy rampage shooting spree targeting and hunting down people left and right. If he truly was out for blood, why'd he only kill 2 people? Why did he only shoot maybe 8 shots? Why did he turn himself into the cops? Why did he call someone saying he shot someone after the first shooting? He's not some cold blooded murderer. That's just the false narrative the left wants to portray because they want it to look like a white supremacist who supported cops murdered several people in cold blood and fled the scene. I highly doubt any of you care about facts or law or any of that, but in case you do and want to read up on Wisconsin law for the murder charge against Rittenhouse, here you go. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/940/I/01 "A defendant may demonstrate that he or she was acting lawfully, a necessary element of an accident defense, by showing that he or she was acting in lawful self-defense. Although intentionally pointing a firearm at another constitutes a violation of s. 941.20, under s. 939.48 (1) a person is privileged to point a gun at another person in self-defense if the person reasonably believes that the threat of force is necessary to prevent or terminate what he or she reasonably believes to be an unlawful interference. State v. Watkins, 2002 WI 101, 255 Wis. 2d 265, 647 N.W.2d 244, 00-0064." This is shaping up to be the next Ferguson where the media's version of events and reality are completely different because they want to keep their precious narrative alive and keep the country divided. Something is seriously wrong with the country right now. Every person for every event like this should do their own homework on this case. Don't believe just one news source or whatever news is on Facebook. Dive into the case and learn what the actual facts are, all the facts. The media needs to really stop this omission sh!t.

Looks like Biden's lead is beginning to dwindle.

Why is the media ignoring the fact that one of the guys Kyle Rittenhouse injured had a pistol? Answer, because they want you to think it was cold blooded calculated murder. They don't want you to think at all that he could've acted in self defense. Ignore the gun, ignore him turning himself into police, ignore the people attacking him. Just focus on him shooting people and that he supported Trump and cops. Seriously, f*ck the media and their deliberate omission of facts to sway a story.

Why are schools opening back up?

I just worry people will get back into that mentality of "flattening the curve" = "COVID-19 is solved and we can do whatever we want again".

There's no way COVID-19 is actually trending down right now. It's just as bad as it's ever been. Even if it was trending down, that means nothing. Decreasing to say 20k cases a day and 200 deaths per day would still be terrible. We need a vaccine. We need people to stop being f*cling idiots. Wear a mask. Who cares if you don't care about your own health. For f*cks sake, protect others. I f*cking hate people who refuse to wear masks right now when they're around others.

Yes you really can't fixed stupid.

We all saw how that worked out in CHAZ. Corrupt security force stealing people's phones right off the bat.

I'll put it this way. If I'm black and live in a high crime area where the majority population is black, of course black people will be stopped more by police. Their population in said area is higher. If an area is very highly populated by white people but there is almost no crime there, of course very few white people will be stopped by police.

Lol it could technically be wrong if the election actually does get delayed and the Democrats don't win until 2021.

Lol cancer vs COVID-19, round 1, FIGHT!

We will have people on Mars within the next 2 decades. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mission_to_Mars In 2022, at least 2 Starship cargo vehicles will land on Mars.[needs update] They will confirm water resources and identify hazards. They will place power, mining and life support infrastructure for future missions. In 2024, 2 Starship crew vehicles will take the first people to Mars.[needs update] 2 Starship cargo vehicles will bring more equipment and supplies. They will place a propellant production plant. They will build up a base to prepare for expansion NASA is already simulating life on Mars in Hawaii too. https://qz.com/768341/nasas-year-long-experiment-in-hawaii-to-mimic-life-on-the-mars-has-come-to-an-end/

Thoughts on the potential incoming ban? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/trump-says-he-will-ban-tiktok-through-executive-action-as-soon-as-saturday.html

You nailed it on the head.

The general "we" as a society. I think @Silent Hill covered it pretty well. The link you posted only addresses consumption. It does not take into account another variable which is minorities could be living in more crime ridden areas than white people, therefore they are more likely to be stopped by cops. Could it be racial profiling, sure. Could it not be racial profiling, sure.

The polls were wrong except for the LA Times. No poll has Trump winning. He has far more ground to make up than in 2016. People are sick of him. I will bet a good chunk of change that the Democrats win the presidential election this year.

Devil's advocate my friend. You must consider all sides in an argument.

If you mean retro as in good games/systems that are the foundations, and culturally changed the world forever, then there are only 2 retro systems, NES and SNES. Everything else is just old. The definition of retro is "relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned" so technically no games or systems are retro.

Trump is now trailing Biden by 4 points in Florida. He is going to get whooped. That's why he wants the election delayed so that COVID-19 can blow over and he can get votes back.

If you commit a serious crime, you should be arrested. If a certain group actually commits more crimes than other groups, that that's reality, not racism. Now if you're asking what led to a certain group "having" to resort to crime, leading to higher crime rates by a certain group, that's another discussion that probably is from historical racism's effects still being felt, as well as other components including drug use and lack of wealth. There is definitely a dark figure of crime where not everything is reported, however, I would caution anyone who says all police organizations have systemic racism. Perhaps a small percentage of officers are systemically racist, but not everyone. You can't blame all societal problems on current systemic racism. History plays a part and the effects of the past still linger. Why don't certain groups have as much wealth? Well, maybe it's because they couldn't own property for hundreds of years and couldn't pass anything down to their kids. Maybe it isn't because all cops out there are racists pricks. We need to stop this death to cops rhetoric. They're not evil. They protect you and die in the line of duty (far too often too). Maybe show some more respect for your military too because guess what, they do the same thing. They protect your @$$ every day.