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Kyle Rittenhouse Humiliated at Campus Event by the Man He Shot, ‘I’m Not Here to Sell You a Book That Somebody Else Wrote!’

This had to be rough on poor little Kyle.

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It’s not often that someone gets the opportunity to confront the man who shot you, but that’s exactly what happened for Paul Prediger recently.

You remember Kyle Rittenhouse as the kid who crossed state lines with a gun that was illegal for him to have in order to “protect” private property in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake seven times in the back and side.

The courts found Rittenhouse innocent on all counts against him, because he’s the right color, and one of the people he shot once did something bad.

But that exoneration has granted Kyle the ability to monetize his fame, and he’s gone on a “Rittenhouse Recap” tour to promote his book. I assume that this picture of him as a child doesn’t appear in the book:

Awww, how cute, a young child with a weapon of war! Such a travesty, that Kyle’s mother would allow this. Gun culture in this country is sickening.

Look how ready he is to kill someone with an assault rifle at what, maybe 8 years old? He’s smiling at the thought of it.

But one of his victims from Kenosha survived and showed up on Kyle’s tour, this time at Kent State University. Kyle has been protested everywhere he’s gone, because everyone but the gundamentalist preachers knows he showed up that night to kill some protesters.

Thank goodness he hasn’t been carrying his assault rifle lately, because he’s gotten some protests. Three other schools that have hosted him have watched as people showed up in droves to address the high school dropout’s presence.

Paul Prediger after being shot by Kyle Rittenhouse

During his personal protest speech, Prediger, the only victim to have survived Kyle’s rampage, he explained why he hadn’t been at previous events where Rittenhouse appeared (courtesy of right-wing organization Turning Point USA):

“Since November 2021, I’ve chosen to remain silent and not speak publicly regarding Kyle Rittenhouse and the events surrounding that night, having [favored] my anonymity and safety over revisiting a traumatic period in my life. But that silence ends today.”

Prediger pointed out that while he had been essentially trying to lay low and not trumpet his involvement in one of the most high-profile cases that pitted Black Lives Matter against Blue Lives Matter, Kyle was taking the low road and tried to announce himself everywhere he goes.

Just for the record from your humble author, you get to take off the blue when you get home. The black stays on no matter what.

“He has used every moment to gloat and to make light of taking life. As if that were not enough, Kyle has embraced—and been embraced by—those who pedal hateful rhetoric, who believe in nationalism that excludes those who do not look like or think like them, and who have sought to amplify a troubling desire for violence against supposed political, cultural, and religious enemies.”

Prediger then went for the jugular, and told the crowd that he was “not here today at Kent State to sell you a book that somebody else wrote, or full body armor military kits that I didn’t design, or a subscription to an anti-woke payment processor, or to sell you the lies about BLM. That speaker is across campus today and his name is Kyle Rittenhouse. And, for an extra $37, he’ll even autograph his book for you.”

I think Paul speaks for every caring human when he says his appearance is not to sell a book, or autograph it for an extra $37. He wants to make sure you know Kyle killed two people in cold blood and then went on tour to brag about it.

And here is Kyle trying to act like a tough guy as he leaves in his limo, driven by security guards. Paid for by Charlie Kirk. Disgusting. All of them.

Andrew Simpson
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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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