Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly departed the stage during an appearance at the University of Memphis on Wednesday, after he was confronted about comments made by Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.

Rittenhouse was invited by the collegeā€™s Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseā€™s presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menā€”Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzā€”at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He said theĀ three shootings, carried out with a semi-automaticĀ AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. TheĀ Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held afterĀ Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.

  • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I love how you claim you are going to answer the question, and then simply insult me while not answering the questionā€¦ And the telling me youā€™re blocking me.

    Youā€™re doing me a favor. Thanks.

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        8 months ago

        I feel bad for people who think that popularity is the same as correctness. You are basically doing the equivalent of ā€œwow, this influencer has a lots of followers. They canā€™t be wrong!ā€ Lol

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          8 months ago

          you say this like youā€™re not the one doing mental gymnastics to justify your fucked up position.

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            8 months ago

            Whether Iā€™m wrong has zero bearing on whatā€™s popular not being equivalent to being right.

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                  7 months ago

                  plenty of others already did, which you are conveniently ignoring. your analogy is garbage and reveals how poorly conceived and deluded your position is. as such, you arenā€™t worth anyoneā€™s effort.

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                    7 months ago

                    Iā€™ve ignored nothing, and once again youā€™ve made no argument. You donā€™t have to keep making it clear you have no faith in your position.