The thing that sticks with me about that teen in Kenosha is the grin...

[LAS14]

... on his face as he strutted around with his rifle. He clearly really believed in vigilantiism. He thought he was in the wild west. That's so scary because it says that our education system is not up to competing with fiction. I despair over the ability of teachers to instill values. Especially when parents are obviously not up to the job.

[magicarpet]

1. Toxic masculinity encouraged and endorsed by the parental figures in his life.

[Maeve]

2. He was also a drop out...don't blame the schools

Look to his mom. She drove him.

[Docreed2003]

3. Interestingly...this little punks new lawyer

Is the same lawyer who represented the "smirking kid" who spoke at the RNC

[Lars39]

4. Has the other adults in the militia that were with him been identified?

[greenjar_01]

5. Somehow this turns into an attack on teachers?

Fucking par for the course.

[LAS14]

7. It's not an attack on teachers. It's sympathy for teachers. Right. "Par for the course." nt

[obamanut2012]

8. Yup

And he will now come and snark at me like he always does for calling out his patterns.

[gulliver]

6. If you're a Republican parent of a teen and have an AR-15, you've got to be worried.

Trump and those who are his followers are radicalizing vulnerable minds.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Don't Think It's Fair...

...to expect teachers to instill values. That's a parental function.
The teachers job is to impart knowledge & encourage critical thinking. Not to instill values.
The rest of your post, I agree fully.

[DFW]

10. Does the grin remond you of anyone else? Like this POS, for example?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2019_Lincoln_Memorial_confrontation