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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1585410)	1/27/2026 4:55:25 PM
From: combjelly	2 Recommendations Recommended By rdkflorida2 Tenchusatsu Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585769

They don't understand what is going on.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1585410)	1/27/2026 6:17:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585769

Tenchu's Thoughts - Why I Defend Both Kyle Rittenhouse and Alex Pretti "It’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." - Charlie Kirk, 2023 I'm seeing a LOT of comparisons between Kyle Rittenhouse and Alex Pretti. I was staunchly on the side of Rittenhouse during his murder trial, and I still am. Though he might have been unwise in being a one-kid army trying to guard his neighborhood, it was never proven that he instigated ANY of the encounters that turned deadly. Every single act involved the other guy trying to do stupid things against an armed person and getting shot for his stupidity. In other words, Rittenhouse didn't kill any peaceful protester. He only defended himself against aggressive assholes who didn't like seeing him standing around openly carrying a rifle. Again, I don't want to defend Rittenhouse's poor choices to go out there without any training and without any assistance. But the nature of his poor choices wasn't due to bad morals, but rather bad judgement. In short, he went in over his head, *but that's not illegal*. Compare this with Alex Pretti and what he did. He too went out there to try and defend his community. Only this time, he was defending it not from violent protesters, but from an overreaching federal paramilitary agency. Did he make a poor choice in carrying a firearm into a high-tension situation? That's debatable. (Unless of course you're part of the hypocritical MAGA cult, but I don't GAF about them.) Certainly he had a right to carry means of self-defense. Certainly there could be situations where he would be forced to use lethal methods in order to defend his own life of that of his fellow community members. Maybe some isolated ICE thug or some MAGA Proud Boy would want to approach him intending to do great bodily harm. In that case, he'd have every right to defend himself using whatever means he has available, including his LEGALLY registered pistol. Did he end up in over his head? Of course he did. But like in the case of Rittenhouse, whose fault was that? Was it Pretti's fault, or was it the fault of the ICE thugs who started ganging up on peaceful protesters? (Also remember that the ICE thugs outnumbered Pretti 8-to-1, and the ICE thugs also have a stupid amount of less-than-lethal tools at their disposal. They even used one of those tools against Pretti, so they should have had him completely and 100% subdued.) Moreover, did Pretti ever draw his firearm? Of course not, despite the blatant LIES told by ICE Barbie and Gestapo Greg. Even Trump saw for himself that Pretti wasn't brandishing a firearm, which is probably why he reversed course (kind of) in Minnesota. That's why I will defend both Alex Pretti and Kyle Rittenhouse. Both of them were defending their respective communities against aggressive assholes. Both of them were exercising their 2nd amendment rights. Both of them were functioning as the "well-regulated militia" which is necessary for the security of a free state. And both of them were facing off against literal bullies. Unfortunately Alex Pretti lost his fight against the bullies. Rittenhouse won his fight, but then he BARELY won the "fight after the fight," namely the criminal trial. Even then, Rittenhouse will never be able to live a normal life again, as half of Americans will always consider him "guilty" of double homicide. (By the way, the ICE thugs involved in the death of Pretti will NEVER have a "fight after the fight." All because they have "absolute immunity," thanks to the Bald Goebbels and the couch-fukker from Yale Law.) Overall, this is the business end of the 2nd amendment, which Charlie Kirk advocated for. And in a cruel twist of irony, he paid for his advocacy with his own life. So did Pretti, and so did the two people that Rittenhouse shot. Until we can have a sane, sober, and serious conversation about where the 2nd amendment is going, I'm going to be on the side of those trying to defend the innocent over those who are trying to be assholes. Tenchusatsu