Post by been_there on Feb 22, 2022 14:34:27 GMT
Maybe this will affect opinions and what is considered acceptable in public discourse, the same way that the attempted media smearing of Professor Jordan Peterson had the opposite result.
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who was acquitted last year in the shooting deaths of two Kenosha, Wisconsin protesters, announced plans to sue quite a few people for negative coverage of him. Rittenhouse mentioned Whoopi Goldberg by name, but was otherwise vague about his potential targets.
โRight now weโre looking at quite a few: politicians, celebrities, athletes. Whoopie Goldbergโs on the list. She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that. And thereโs othersโ Rittenhouse said.
Rittenhouse has been accused of being a white supremacist, allegedly flashing a white power symbol while at a bar with members of the far-right Proud Boys. He said he also plans to go after anyone who put that label on him.
โWe are gonna hold everybody whoโs lied about me accountable. Such asโฆeverybodyโs whoโs lied, called me a white supremacist. Theyโre all gonna be held accountable and weโre gonna handle them in a courtroom.โ
โRight now weโre looking at quite a few: politicians, celebrities, athletes. Whoopie Goldbergโs on the list. She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that. And thereโs othersโ Rittenhouse said.
Rittenhouse has been accused of being a white supremacist, allegedly flashing a white power symbol while at a bar with members of the far-right Proud Boys. He said he also plans to go after anyone who put that label on him.
โWe are gonna hold everybody whoโs lied about me accountable. Such asโฆeverybodyโs whoโs lied, called me a white supremacist. Theyโre all gonna be held accountable and weโre gonna handle them in a courtroom.โ
