Fake crying is now an Olympic sport in MAGA land.

[Heartstrings]

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. A cop on trial in Kansas City...

Did the same thing on the witness stand today. Just saw it on the news.

[Rebl2]

11. I'm in KC

and saw the cop fake crying as well on the news. He wasn’t very good at it.

[Faux pas]

2. ...

kyle's better at it, makes him the bigger narcissist

[Heartstrings]

6. It's the baby face.....

[leftieNanner]

3. Or Fodder for an SNL Cold Open

Remember Matt Damon as Brett Beer Boy? It was a classic.

I would not be surprised to see Aidy Bryant as Kyle this week.

[a kennedy]

7. absolutely loved Matt doing "that" judge......perfection.....

[KT2000]

13. Yes!

I look at it every once and a while because it was so funny and perfect. A friend was saying "I love beer" for months after K's testimony. She learned quickly who was and was not tuned in. I'm glad she finally quit though.

[VarryOn]

4. Few things are worse than a bawlin' man....

Rittenhouse being a boy, I can allow a little more leeway.

As I've told my son, the list of things a man can cry about is very small.

[niyad]

20. He is 18, legally an adult.

[VarryOn]

32. In the good ole days, 18 was an adult...

These days, it's more close to 30.

[niyad]

33. In astrology, the Saturn return (roughly 28) is considered fully mature, so you are

correct. Of course, many never achieve maturity, regardless of age.

But I think we may have to come up with some new terms for that in-between, 18-28 decade.

[VarryOn]

34. I work with a few late 20s....

They ain't adults as I understood it at that age. I'm 53 now. Some of them have never even touched a...never mind. LoL

My generation did a bad job raising kids.

[SergeStorms]

21. He didn't cry though.

There were quite a few well rehearsed facial gymnastics, but not a single tear gathered in the corner of his eyes.

When you go into an actual crying episode, the nasal passages contract as well, which is why your nose runs when you cry hysterically. They're all connected; eyes, ears, nose and throat. When the eyes let go, the rest will follow.

Nothing of that sort happened to the pudgy little nazi today. Sociopaths would find it extremely difficult to summon tears on command. Trump couldn't do it in a hundred years. Neither could Kyle Rittenhouse.

Apparently it fooled quite a few people though, so he and his mother's weeks of rehearsal weren't for naught.

[VarryOn]

31. I agree with you lots will be fooled...

It probably will affect the jury and the judge.

The good people of Kenosha should find their way to Door County. I'm afraid we'll see more rioting over this trial, no matter the outcome. No winners in this deal.

[meadowlander]

35. Please don't tell your son he's not allowed to cry.

That's super unhealthy.

[VarryOn]

36. He can cry over spilt milk if he wants....

But, few respect a guy that cries often.

It's more about WHO you cry in front of. Not so much about what you cry about.

My wife, and she alone, has seen me cry about things I'd never want others see me cry about.

[meadowlander]

37. Let's change that by not perpetuating it.

[VarryOn]

38. OK. Nt

[live love laugh]

5. Sniveling cowards all. nt

[Ford_Prefect]

8. They could take a few lessons from Jim and Tammy-Faye.

[Shermann]

9. Jim could fool God himself! nt

[japple]

19. Jim is selling survival foods. Check this out

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. And there's this guy:

[world wide wally]

12. WTF was Rittenhause even pretending to cry about?

Did he see an old girlfriend with one of the protesters?

[KentuckyWoman]

26. I call it the Susan Smith ploy

I've seen toddlers do it. Fake crocodile tears with no actual tears. 100% guilty as hell.

He went there to kill people ... and did.

[Sunsky]

14. Ahh the tearless bawling

Reminds me of BPD clients (master manipulators). Maybe if he squeezed hard enough, he'd milk out a drop. Not to mention the panic attack performance that ended suddenly and right in time for the break

[TomSlick]

16. I noted that. Most of us tear-up long before the bawling stage.

I've never seen a case of tear-less crying that I thought was sincere.

In Rittenhouse's defense, only the best actors can produce tears on demand.

[kwijybo]

27. Not really

There is something, from a movie, from a book, from real life, that always makes you cry. Concentrate on that and how it makes you feel; your eyes will begin to tear up. You might be able to squeeze a tear or 2, if needed.

[TomSlick]

30. My painful memories are not that easily retrieved, at least not with enough power to produce tears.

I somehow doubt that Rittenhouse is nearly sufficiently attuned to his feelings to rouse tears by raising sad memories. Then again, I'm a cynical old bastard.

[Sunsky]

29. Yup, most of us could see through the BS

[liberalla]

15. That right there is some UGLY cryin'! Good lawd almighty, it looks so phony and silly...

That eye-squinting thing is weird.

[kwijybo]

25. He's trying to force his eyes to water

by squinting hard. Fake tears that way, if you can't cry on command

[Evolve Dammit]

17. I try not to judge emotional outbursts or remorse. It may be genuine, it may not be.

If it is an act, I hope he pays dearly. If it is genuine, perhaps he has a conscience.

[kwijybo]

28. review the tape, and see how emotional he was by the time he walked to his seat.

(in the words of my mother) He's back to absolute normal by then. Not a drop of true emotion.

[relayerbob]

22. Don't forget John Boehner

He was a major player in the Crying Game

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. Wasn't this a masters-level course of study at tRump University?

KY..........

[kwijybo]

24. My mother is yelling at the TV

About there not being any tears (there aren't), and that it was the most OBVIOUS fake crying she's ever seen (It's true. And she raised my younger sister [she was mentally ill, undiagnosed since it was so long ago]. She could fake cry better than that by kindergarten, so she's used to fake crying. Oh, and she raised younger sister's daughter and is raising the grandson (her great-grandson) with similar issues ).

She's been watching the trial, and is pissed off at the judge, too, for his so obvious bias.