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I totally agree with that. But nobody in their right mind feels that defending a bunch of cars is worth human lives.


It’s not a “bunch of cars.” It’s the livelihoods of a couple of immigrants who did nothing to deserve having their business destroyed.

It’s not just some buildings. It’s people’s community. Their businesses, their places of recreation, their community gathering places. That built environment was the labor of many people who left more to their kids than they started with. Property is the difference between Bangladesh and America. Many of these communities never rebound after riots like this. Destroying city blocks like this is profoundly anti-social and damaging to the people who live there.


Yes, you're right, death penalty right there!

The difference between Bangladesh and America is a bit more than just property, and the difference between either and some other places in the world is that they are both extremes.


Shooting people is also profoundly anti social and damaging to the people shot, but you don't seem to criticize Kyle much.


They made that decision themselves.

This isn't a case where they attacked him and then he pulled out a pistol and shot them. This was open carry with a rifle. To answer the point you made, they made the decision to attack a clearly armed man and thus evaluated that attacking those cars was worth their own lives.


They didn't lose their lives for destroying cars. They lost them for attacking Rittenhouse.


Property rights of any civilized country disagrees.




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