{"id":1050285,"date":"2021-11-23T23:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T04:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1050285"},"modified":"2021-11-23T23:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T04:58:34","slug":"charles-hurt-kyle-rittenhouse-exercises-god-given-rights-when-attacked-by-lawless-vigilantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-hurt-kyle-rittenhouse-exercises-god-given-rights-when-attacked-by-lawless-vigilantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Hurt: Kyle Rittenhouse Exercises God-Given Rights When Attacked by Lawless Vigilantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcharles-hurt-kyle-rittenhouse-exercises-god-given-rights-when-attacked-by-lawless-vigilantes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1050285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236464930-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The eternal question of our time: Are the media evil or stupid?<\/p>\n<p>The case of&nbsp;Kyle Rittenhouse&nbsp;is the latest example to expose the dishonesty and\/or stupidity of the media in America today. Every step of that tragedy was encouraged, poisoned, hyped, or distorted by the media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWho cares what the media do or says?\u201d you might ask.<\/p>\n<p>Well, in a system of self-governance, success or failure depends entirely upon an informed electorate. That is why one of Thomas Jefferson\u2019s very proudest achievements was the establishment of a university.<\/p>\n<p>The single most important manner of informing the electorate for self-governance \u2014 even more important than good universities \u2014 is an honest and accurate media. This is why the news media was called \u201cthe fourth estate\u201d since the founding of America.<\/p>\n<p>The riots in&nbsp;Kenosha, Wisconsin, began as a figment of the media\u2019s sick imagination. The unrest was sparked by the police \u201ckilling\u201d of an innocent, \u201cunarmed\u201d Black man. The looting and mayhem was justifiable vengeance, according to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat politicians \u2014 forever at the beck and call of crazy loons in the leftwing press \u2014 carried the banner. After all, it fits neatly into their bizarre anti-human agenda of defunding the police, celebrating criminal rioters and sowing racial division among citizens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>All lies, of course. The Black man shot by police was neither killed nor \u201cunarmed.\u201d Nor was he \u201cinnocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, still today, the media persist in telling the same lies over and over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most appalling lies the media spin about Mr.&nbsp;Rittenhouse&nbsp;is this ceaseless claim that&nbsp;he&nbsp;was carrying out \u201cvigilante justice.\u201d The media repeat it all the time. And they constantly quote politicians making the same absurd claim.<\/p>\n<p>As the wise jury in&nbsp;Kenosha&nbsp;determined, Mr. Rittenhouse\u2019s case was not about \u201cvigilante justice.\u201d It was about self-defense. Mr.&nbsp;Rittenhouse&nbsp;was merely acting to protect himself from aggressors who wanted to hurt&nbsp;him&nbsp;or kill&nbsp;him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVigilante justice\u201d is lawless \u201cjustice\u201d \u2014 also known as \u201cvengeance\u201d \u2014 carried out by lawless actors outside the confines of the law. In other words, rioters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you are unhappy with your lot in life and you go out and firebomb a police station, shoot a cop or turn over a police car to express your unhappiness, then you are a lawless rioter. That is vigilantism.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unhappy with your lot in life and so you ransack a store and steal a bunch of stuff, you are a looter. That is vigilantism.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a politician or a member of the media who encourage or celebrate rioting, looting or the criminals who carry it out, then you are no better than the criminals themselves. That is vigilantism.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.&nbsp;Rittenhouse&nbsp;was not a vigilante.&nbsp;He&nbsp;was an innocent citizen exercising&nbsp;his&nbsp;God-given and constitutionally protected right to defend himself in a situation where the government had so clearly failed to keep the peace and protect&nbsp;him.<\/p>\n<p>The looters and rioters marauding through the streets that night in&nbsp;Kenosha&nbsp;\u2014 including the three who attacked Mr.&nbsp;Rittenhouse&nbsp;\u2014 were the vigilantes. And so are the media and politicians who encouraged them and were so quick to libel the innocent, 17-year-old Mr.&nbsp;Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 Charles Hurt is the opinion editor at the Washington Times.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eternal question of our time: Are the media evil or stupid? 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