Kyle Rittenhouse needs a better agent...

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I wish Texas WOULD leave the U.S.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. What's stopping us from giving it back to Mexico?

[Ray Bruns]

13. Mexico

[reACTIONary]

18. LOL nt

[CaptainTruth]

31. LOL!!!

[keithbvadu2]

35. Pay your share of the national debt on the way out.

And give up those yankee dog military bases.

[MagickMuffin]

39. Thanks for your support from a 5th generation Texan

I hope to stay in the Union!


Sorry to disappoint you and all the other DUers who want to eliminate us.


WTG!

[Diamond_Dog]

40. I'm sorry MagickMuffin,

That didn’t come out right. And I should know better because I live in a red state, too.

I wish Texas would kick out all their worst lawmakers, maybe that’s a better solution.

[MagickMuffin]

41. We've been trying to rid ourselves of these meddlesome nincompoops

Thanks for understanding. It’s hard living among these people.

We have proxy voting here, so, if someone doesn’t show up to vote on a bill, never mind that, someone can vote in your place.

[Diamond_Dog]

44. I IS stressful. And I find it infuriating

That gerrymandering and voter suppression keep many votes from being counted. Maybe if we allowed more access to the ballot box instead of less, things might be different. But the powers that be are too happy with the way things are.

[MagickMuffin]

49. Gerrymandering is a huge problem especially in Texas

I wish something could be done about it, but alas nothing ever seems to work out in our favor regarding this unfair behavior.

[panader0]

45. State bashing is not right. As an Arizonan, I have had my share of it.

Stuff like "What's in the water down there?" etc ad nauseum. I frequently ask the bashers what state they are from
so I can tell them who the idiots in their state are, but none ever respond. Texas is inching toward blueness.
Arizona got a Dem Governor and AG this year and when Gallego takes down Sinema we'l have two Dem senators as well.
Every state has many thousands of solid Democrats.

[MagickMuffin]

48. Exactly, we are having to fight like hell in red states

State bashing should not be tolerated on DU. It’s not our fault we have to live in these states that have subverted democracy.

But us Democrats keep trying!

I’m glad AZ is in fact changing. I have friends there who moved from Texas to live closer to a family member. They’re helping turn the state a better shade of purple/blue!

[GenThePerservering]

51. We need to be organising behind our allies

in states like Texas - not giving into the same blind partisanship as the goppers.

[Cha]

54. I know I was thinking of all

the buddy cyber friends I have in Texas who would not be happy with that.



Those assholes who want to leave the US Should Just LEAVE.

[Jirel]

2. All the whining about "cancel culture,"

and the taint can’t attract enough attention to fill a row.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Maybe Good Agents Know That...

...he's not much of a client & he can only get the bottom tier in the business.
What good agent wants to be responsible for booking a guy that can't attract more than 8 people?

[SergeStorms]

15. And who probably....

has difficulty counting to eight.

He knows how to squeeze the trigger though, and that's all that matters to the dregs of society to which he appeals.

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. Good agents don't represent murderers

[634-5789]

5. If Texas wants to leave the USA, I'll go down and help them pack.

Just tell me when.

[panader0]

46. see post 45

[634-5789]

62. I'll believe something decent from Texas when I see it. Not holding my breath.

[panader0]

63. You forgot to say what state you live in.

[634-5789]

66. Illinois here...

Home to J.B.Pritzker who by all means should run for prez.

[spanone]

6. The 'crowd' they deserve.

[Joe Cool]

7. Why does anyone actually think Kyle Rittenhouse is any type of draw

except for the mentally disturbed of society?

[70sEraVet]

8. If he was a good draw for the 'mentally disturbed', he'd had a bigger crowd in Texas.

[not fooled]

33. I hope half of the attendees were FBI agents

although not holding my breath.

[Caliman73]

38. He was "media famous" for awhile.

To right wing extremists that has typically meant that he could be used as a vehicle for their toxic messaging.

We discount this effort at our own peril. Rittenhouse shouldn't get attention, and we shouldn't give it to him, but we should not dismiss that he appeals to extremists and the value it has to push right wing messaging. While Rittenhouse likely, as you said, only resonates with the most extreme and disturbed people in society, most people will only glance at headlines and remember that he was the kid that was, "attacked by protestors, and shot them". If they look at right wing sources, they will be told that he rightfully defended himself from violent radical leftists. If that brings new eyes to right wing lies, then they have succeeded in their goal.

The extreme right will discard Rittenhouse as soon as he stops being useful to them.

[Sympthsical]

9. I'm trying to decide if this thread is an experiment.

[Dr. Strange]

64. That sneaky brooklynite!

[Sympthsical]

65. I still can't tell if it's on purpose, lol

Like, it almost seems like it might be!

[RAB910]

10. Rittenhouse needs to be in jail for mulitple homicides

[imaginary girl]

11. Who's funding this?

[NullTuples]

21. Exactly the correct question!

Someone had to front the money for this "rally" even if it failed. Kyle isn't running for office & he hasn't really build up a social media machine for monetizing his "fame".

I too agree that it seems likely someone is funding this and paying him to show up - or paying for it and making promises of easy fame and fortune to him.

[imaginary girl]

23. Exactly! My other question is why?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Ritenhouse is a joke and no one cares what this murderer has to say

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

57. he's a teen killer - what does he have to say to an audience? nothing

[CanonRay]

14. Yup, all eight of us are going to leave the US

Yee Haa!

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. Still more support than he's due.

And I bet some of the few that did attend would be just as keen to see Nelson Mandela or Ted Bundy. Even a fleeting and distant brush with fame or infamy probably makes them feel more interesting.

[usaf-vet]

17. Kyle Rittenhouse needs a long jail sentence. His "15 minutes" of fame is long gone.

[Prairie_Seagull]

20. I think his agent is doing a bang up job.

Don't fix it if it aint broken.

[Initech]

22. I'd personally rather he be in jail for the rest of his sorry life!

[Rebl2]

26. Agreed

[Paladin]

24. Read the rally description again, Texas-bashers.

You're making common cause with the Proud Boys and Rittenhouse junkies. Great company you're keeping, there...

[kimbutgar]

25. The right wing will defend this saying it was taken hours before the event and it was a full house!

[Maine Abu El Banat]

27. They keep promising to leave

But never do. They would be a third world Theocracy in 10 years.

[cayugafalls]

28. Kyle Rittenhouse needs a jailer

[FSogol]

29. Is that a papier-mache Alamo in the background? Is this some sort of Texas Elementary School Play?

[TexasTowelie]

30. If I recall what I read, it is at a county fairground building.

The event was originally going to be held at a brewery in Conroe, but the owner backed out of the engagement after his patrons told him that they would take their business elsewhere.

[FSogol]

50. Local Breweries don't get enough credit for being mostly liberal.

[keithbvadu2]

34. More repubs whined about the supposed 'censorship' than wanted to hear what little Kyley had to say.

More repubs whined about the supposed 'censorship' than wanted to hear what little Kyley had to say.

[republianmushroom]

36. texas do it, just do it.

[Kennah]

37. Agent Orange is available

[dembotoz]

42. if he got paid his agent did fine

[ZonkerHarris]

43. a group of seagulls is a flock. What is a group of future lone shooters called?

a murder of crows
a herd of cows
a ______ of gunmen

[lame54]

47. A foolery

[Bonx]

52. Doesn't appear to be accurate. The event looks well attended in a youtube video.

[Sympthsical]

59. #52 wins!

That was the idle experiment I posted about upthread.

"How long before someone takes the 15 seconds required to click on the tweet, click on the source, then see if it's true?"

52! (just barely edging out 53).

Mr. Owl would be so disappointed.

[GusBob]

61. Happens all the time

Some random tweet from some random dude that seems sketchy on the face of it: bait

But so reinforces what one wants to believe: hook

Click, rec, comment in ignorance: line and sinker

The hard part is when the facts come out folks still fall for it, because nobody bothers to read the comments in the thread, including the original poster, who lets the thread stand, without correction.

Which is ironic because this is a discussion forum and if nobody is reading this post I am wasting my time

So let’s kick and see how many folks fall for it today!

[Rob H.]

53. The photo is from before the event, not during

The second photo below is a photo taken at the beginning of the event, tweeted by @Tricornes, and the photo squares up with other images that appeared in news articles that came up via a simple Google search. The full event is available on YouTube and the few shots of the audience show that the venue wasn't empty.

Yeah, everyone involved in the rally is loathsome, but let's not stoop to their level by repeating things without seeing whether they're accurate first.

Link to tweet

[GusBob]

55. 48 recs, 3477 views, 52 replies 6 hours later

to get to some semblance of accuracy

why so many fall for this "all tweets are the truth, especially from some random person I aint heard of" bullshit I never can reckon

I had a feeling, because this sort of shit happens all the time, that the OP was not accurate

And based on previous experience it wont be removed or recanted or corrected

because the more gullible one is, the easier the propaganda gets shoved down your throat

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

56. poor facilities employees... had to setup all those chairs

[Mike Nelson]

58. Ha-Ha!

... looks like even the background actors won't go... probably, they're offering $20. You need at least $75 today! Kyle must have the money, by now!

[Samrob]

60. Karl Rittenhouse needs to be in jail! nt