Something Tells Me Kyle Rittenhouse Will NOT Live Happily Ever After

[DanieRains]

I just don't think the world works that way.

Something in my gut.....

[fierywoman]

1. FWIW all the clairvoyants and tarot readers that I follow agree with you.

[PTWB]

8. LOL

That was funny. Well done 😂

[Busterscruggs]

2. The best

Of us don't forget these tragedies. If he's lucky, he'll be flipping burgers in his 50s, single, cold and alone. Employers don't look fondly on violent murderers.

[Blue Owl]

3. Or assistant manager of the Omaha Mall Cinnabon

[Busterscruggs]

4. How

Would he get a promotion? Looks like he's slaughtered many innocent cinnamon rolls already

[LuckyCharms]

5. .

Could've been a volunteer fireman
Who makes cinnabons over at the mall
But you're sittin' in the Wawa bathroom
Rubbin' Palmolive on your balls

Lyrics by Ween

[Ace Rothstein]

9. Hopefully he doesn't get locked in the trash room.

[Busterscruggs]

19. Or

Get a milkshake thrown at him through the drive thru. Or Splashes fry oil on himself. The possibilities are wonderful. Poetic justice will be that he tries his crap again during a rethug riot.

[Hiawatha Pete]

20. Is that a Better Call Saul reference?

Just finished binge watching the series...

[Demobrat]

51. I took it as such. :)

[Hiawatha Pete]

52. Greetings, fellow Saul fan!

[CrackityJones75]

6. The right wing is going to be all too happy to make him their saint.

He will be given a lot of things in life. I think we are fooling ourselves if we think he is going to be miserable.

[regnaD kciN]

7. Yep...

He’ll probably start his political career as soon as he can. And there are lots of places where he could be guaranteed to win.

[BlackSkimmer]

36. I think that may be the case in the beginning.

But his mother does not seem to be very bright, neither is he. They’re going to be easy targets for those who want to use him for whatever purpose.

But yeah, he’ll probably make some money in the immediate future. No doubt there is some “agent” or “manager” already skimming off the top.

[Midnight Writer]

39. I think you are right. He will be used and discarded when his celebrity dries up.

[Progressive Jones]

11. I'm hoping he doesn't last that long. nt

[wnylib]

12. He can always run for Congress as a GOP candidate.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

21. That is if he remains in Illinois.

Which leans heavily Democratic because of Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

[wnylib]

24. I'm sure that a deep red state would

welcome him as a vigilante hero.

[Takket]

10. i don't think so either.

we are all appalled seeing bozos like Gaetz offer him an internship, but the reality is white supremacists and the gop and people like Gaetz don't give a flying fuck about Rittenhouse, but they do see the potential for power and profit that come from attaching themselves to his right-wing-base celebrity. Rittenhouse is now a commodity to be consumed, and he'll have the world at his fingertips right up until when his usefulness is exhausted. they they will dump him into the dustbin of history and Rittenhouse will find himself in his mid to late 20s with no fucking clue how to put an actual life together.

Real life example: George Zimmerman.

[Bluethroughu]

17. And that's when he becomes even more dangerous...

I'm thinking McVeigh stuff. He'll need to punish everyone for his life.

Did anyone catch his eyes looking at the camera, crying like a baby hugging his lawyer stops looks at the camera to make sure they caught the shot, so he didn't have to do it again, then starts crying. Ridiculous.

He's frightening.

[BlackSkimmer]

37. Exactly. nt

[msongs]

13. killer kyle will follow him everywhere nt

[mitch96]

30. I think he will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life..nt

[doughb]

33. My hope exactly ... nt

[House of Roberts]

14. Based on how effed up George Zimmerman has exhibited,

I tend toward agreeing with you.

[OhZone]

22. Yup - Zim got shot at -

and got in trouble with the law for other things including domestic violence.

Oh well.

[UTUSN]

15. Especially if he develops a conscience...

[Tanuki]

16. At the very least, as Tyler Mahan Coe points out in this thread....

Thread:
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Link to tweet

[GregariousGroundhog]

18. The "Have you ever been arrested" question on employment applications may come back to haunt him

As part of the initial employment applications, many employers ask candidates whether they have ever been arrested during the initial employment application and to provide an explanation around the circumstances surrounding it.

Some states have laws around when and how employers can ask that particular question, but this trial may come back to haunt Rittenhouse depending on where he seeks employment.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

23. Writing "Kyle Rittenhouse" on any application

will be an immediate red flag. Everyone knows that name now and there are not too many notorious people surnamed Rittenhouse.

the first thing I would think if I were a prospective employer is "who is he going to shoot if he gets in an argument?".

I agree with Takket's post about RW politicians using him while he is the RW media's darling then discarding him.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. A Simple Google Search Could Be Problematic

I can see HR folks, 10 years from now, googling this new applicant's name, seeing what comes up & say "Oh, this is that guy?"
I also agree with you & Takket, and concur the bounce will be temporary.

[Calista241]

47. Most of the job applications I've seen ask for convictions, not arrests. n/t

[Kablooie]

26. Is Zimmerman suffering?

If Rittenhouse stays within the conservative world he will do fine .
If Trump becomes president he will get a medal.
(Trump definitely won't win but might become president anyway.)

[Hortensis]

27. He has/IS a bad start in various ways, but he could have a

very long life ahead. And it could go many ways. I think over both short and long terms it depends a lot less on the world than on what he brings to life and how he reacts. He's an adolescent, still just growing up, still time to improve a great deal as a person, if it's in him. But lots of horrible people lead successful, and even disgustingly satisfying, lives.

Reminded me of Bernard Goetz, of course. The 1984 "Subway Vigilante" who shot four unarmed black teen hoodlums who accosted him, leaving one paraplegic and severely brain damaged, and starred in a national zoo of a trial that exonerated him? Goetz was 37, is 74 now, still lives in NY and apparently shows up publicly now and then, like now. He feels Rittenhouse's trial was "a sham at best" and its purpose to "satisfy the mob." We're the mob. NOT those who rallied both times to passionately protect their new murderer heroes.

Among Goetz's statements to the police, he said that he told one of his victims whom he'd missed but was cowering terrified, "You don't look so bad, here's another" and fired again. None of the witnesses heard it, though, and his defense claimed overactive imagination. To the police, "My intention was to murder them, to hurt them, to make them suffer as much as possible." "If I had more bullets, I would have shot 'em all again and again. My problem was I ran out of bullets." "I was gonna, I was gonna gouge one of the guys' [Canty's] eyes out with my keys afterwards", but said he stopped when he saw the fear in his eyes.'

From Goetz's own site: "I decided to shoot as many as I could as quickly as I could. I did a fast draw, and shot with one hand (my right), pulling the trigger prior to the gun being aligned on the targets. All actual shots plus my draw time occurred easily within 1.6 seconds or less. This is not as difficult to do as some might think, and occasionally I give a description of the technique along with a re-enactment."

Back then I thought he was a nasty loon who'd most likely continue on a self destructive path his murders were part of.

[hlthe2b]

28. He is neither educated nor sufficiently mature to handle the exploitation RW media is going to

launch towards him. His mother is no better. That does not bode well any way you cut it.

He'd have been better off in jail, getting some education and having time to grow up (and perhaps come to terms with his actions).

[Nixie]

29. He'll probably be very rich and very soon.

The book will bail him out from having to apply for jobs for awhile. I haven’t seen an official story about a book but assume it’s coming. None of the interested parties will let this go unexploited.

[mitch96]

31. Can the families sue him in civil court? Hit 'em in the wallet..nt

[IL Dem]

34. That's my thought.

A la O.J. Simpson.

[Calista241]

49. He's not worth anything today, and his family doesn't have any money.

And any future earnings of his will be structured to be avoid this kind of seizure. This whole movie whatever, and any future revenues he has, will probably pay out its proceeds to a company, and that company will pay for housing, transportation and any expenses.

Once his 15 minutes passes, it may be smart to change his name, his style and his hair, and re-assume his anonymity. Something Zimmerman should have done long ago.

[manicdem]

50. Anyone can sue

But they have no chance of winning. No one has sued Rittenhouse. Groskowitz sued the city for $10 million, but he won't get that now that Kyle is off the hook. They'll likely be a settlement which happens all the time.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. He won't for this reason:

The right-wingers will continue to seek him out to be a poster-boy for their cause. And he will eventually be egged on to do something that will get him in a heap of trouble.

[Paladin]

35. I hope the rest of his life is miserable.

Same for that moronic, biased old judge.

[Greybnk48]

38. He cannot ever be a nurse because of his violent past.

My DIL slapped a boyfriend 20+ years ago and he had her arrested. She was almost denied her license as a R.N. two years ago and that was the reason. They held it for two months while they investigated.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. Kyle Rittenhouse Could Face Federal Charges As Rep. Nadler Calls For DOJ Review

I hope that the DOJ brings some civil rights charges against this asshole

Link to tweet

Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jerry Nadler is calling on the DOJ to review the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings for potential federal charges.

Link to tweet

There are a wide variety of federal charges that Kyle Rittenhouse could potentially face that include civil rights violations and potential hate crimes. The Rittenhouse trial was so tainted by the judge’s behavior that the case deserves a federal review.

The idea that a person can show up at a protest with a loaded assault weapon, killing two people, and then claim self-defense flies in the face of logic and common sense.

[Polybius]

41. What charges could possibly be filed?

Nadler can only suggest, as I understand.

[ZonkerHarris]

42. Civil rights violations of his victims. Especially since they were protesting.

[Polybius]

43. Is was white on white

Federal law 18 USC 242 says that civil rights charges only apply when the injured party was singled out because of race, gender, or religion.

[SunImp]

44. Good people will hate his guts forever, but keep him happy with cash and praise for a long time

[paleotn]

45. No, he won't.

In fact he's very liable to bite off way more than he can chew in the coming days. Wouldn't upset me one bit.

[mnmoderatedem]

48. George Zimmerman comes to mind

that guy has had a number of mishaps since Trayvon Martin, though has managed to wiggle off the hook each time.

I anticipate Rittenhouse doing much the same in the future, and probably with no consequences, a la Zimmerman.