Blaming Buffalo On The “Kyle Rittenhouse Effect”

Using racism to promote racial mob justice

In what was an unimaginably despicable act, a teenage domestic terrorist targeted a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday. Based on current reports, ten people were killed after he opened fire, while three more were “injured”.

The white 18-year-old man — who will remain nameless in line with a growing effort to prevent mass shooters from gaining the notoriety they seek — live-streamed the attack on Twitch, and is believed to be the author of a 180-page manifesto released beforehand, which was not only dripping with racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric as part of a white supremacist ideology, but also explained his plan to target a black community.

While we wait for further facts to be uncovered — such as whether the rifle used was obtained legally, or whether there were warning signs missed by law enforcement — this terrible event uncovered a now-routine response to any acts of violence which can be manipulated into a political opportunity for the Left: blame Kyle Rittenhouse.

“This is what happens when we make Kyle Rittenhouse the hero and Colin Kaepernick the villain,” one person wrote.

“Remember when we said that acquitting Kyle Rittenhouse would embolden the next Kyle Rittenhouse to be far worse? Yeah,” another said.

“We are witnessing the Kyle Rittenhouse effect,” Naveed Jamali, Newsweek editor-at-large, responded.

For anyone with an ounce of honesty, it is obvious that there are two relevant common factors between Kyle Rittenhouse and Saturday’s perpetrator:

1. Both used a rifle.

2. Both are white males.

But unfortunately, these are the only key factors used by the Left to determine their response in the aftermath of any act of violence. Just in the past few weeks alone, for instance, other mass shooting events have taken place, and yet most went almost entirely unreported — let alone sparking a visit from the President of the United States.

Why?