Suppose Kyle Rittenhouse interviewed with you for a job. Assume he is qualified. Would you hire him?

It depends, perhaps. If I felt he was truly remorseful and had become full of humility after his ordeal and it would not cause workplace conflict. I’m a believer in second chances particularly when they’re hard lessons from youth. Good luck finding a good nurse right now anyway. If I detect a hint of ideology left then no. I would not hire ideological people of any type if I can help it. They’re always causing workplace issues.

No. I don’t think it would be good for business.

Probably not in a position where he worked with patients. I think there would be too much controversy and patients are having a bad experience just by being sick. They don’t need additional drama.

Knowing what I know now? No.

No. With so many candidates to choose from, why choose one with issues?

He could end up a convicted felon. Even if he somehow evades conviction, No. I mean we are talking multiple murder here. Not like he shop lifted a video game. Get real. Some things can be over looked, give the person a new start and another chance. But a murderer? Hell to the no. Who can give his victims another chance? No sympathy for this clown. So sue me.

This is what happens when excitable 17 year olds run about city streets in the dark with assault rifles. It is a tragedy all round but would I employ him? No chance.

I would never hire someone who considers themselves “entitled”. That would be toxic to the working relationship with other staff, the guy who thinks the rules don’t apply to him.

I would not even hire him as a bottom twink in a fisting gay porn production.

And let’s not forget that in addition to the people he killed, he wounded another person. At minimum, that should be an extra charge of assault with a deadly weapon. And he is 17, old enough to know better. We aren’t talking one of these tragedies where a two or three year old some how gets his hands on a gun.

I also think going out to a bar in the days afterwards with a t-shirt saying “Free as Fuck” isn’t going to help him get a job.

Dumb as fuck would have been more appropriate. Hope he rots in prison for the rest of his life. Him mom is a shit for brains as well.

@ragingloli Once again, saying what we’re all thinking.

I probably wouldn’t for no reason other than that it would invite controversy onto my place of business. But at the same time, as many of you know, I like being controversial and contrarian, so maybe I would. We’ll have to see. :)

^No, I really wasn’t thinking of a bottom twink in a gay fisting movie.

Hence the joke. :)

Hence my joke. :-)

In a heartbeat.

No, I wouldn’t hire him unless I wanted a gung-ho gunman, or patsy, which I probably wouldn’t unless I were a mobster or evil political agent (which I’m not), and probably not even then.

@si3tech What about him makes you want to hire him?

only if he knew who Alexander the Great was.

No. He’s mentally insane.

Sure

If I owned a white supremacist bookstore and needed a security guard who had a reputation of killing people because they were demanding racial justice, of course I’d hire him.

It would be dangerous to hire him and then have him have issues with the owner or another employee, and then him bringing a gun to work for an imagined continuance of the issue.

I can see if you identify with the rioters, how you might see this kid as a threat. When mobs are rioting in the street and the police stand down, somebody has got to stand up. There is no question , he was defending himself. There is no question that the mob was aggressive. I would have no problem hiring someone that wants to minimize the damage by putting out fires and rendering assistance. I suppose you can criticize his actions based on the relative calm today but remember how it was at that time, buildings being burned, cars set on fire people being beaten and even killed. If my house or business was being burned, I would appreciate someone stepping up to help put out the fire. Whether they were firemen or not.

@Jaxk: So is vigilante justice the answer, when there are police and squads that are armed and trained for that? Do the police need teenagers to come with their weapons and help out?

I wonder how he felt about back then, when the Black Panthers armed themselves, and patrolled the neighbourhoods, to keep racist cops in check.

@Jaxk…I don’t “sympathize with the rioters.” I sympathize with the humans who had an insane animal walk into their midst unexpectedly.

@jca2 – The police were not helping. They were in fact standing down. You must be condoning the the rioters and suggesting they be allowed to do whatever they want.

@ragingloli – I have no interest in pursuing your ridiculous comparison. It does make me wonder what you thought about it.

@Dutchess_III – By “insane animal” I assume you’re talking about the mobs/rioters.

No, she is probably referring to a 17 year old Rambo wannabe, who voluntarily put himself in a volatile situation, which he had no business doing, and with a gun he had no business being in possession of. But my “Thoughts and prayers” will be with him while he sits in prison.

@Jaxk: Don’t equate one with the other. No matter what the police were doing, it’s their busines and they don’t need the help of teenage vigilante boys who show up with illegal guns and end up causing more problems for everyone. In the riots of 2020, I never saw police calling for vigilantes to come help out, at any location, and especially from teenagers.

@jca2 – I know we will never agree on this but keep in mind that Rittenhouse was there to help and protect the community. The police are also there to help and protect the community. The only people that were there to cause violence and destruction were the rioters. All the testimony supports Rittenhouse’s intent to lend aid and put out fires. In every case where Rittenhouse was confronted, he tried to flee but was chased and beaten by the rioters. There is no doubt in my mind that they would have killed Rittenhouse had he not defended himself. I simply don’t agree with the premise that the rioters should have been left alone to burn and destroy people and property. The criminals here were the rioters, not those trying minimize the damage. When riots threaten the community it is everyone’s business not just the police.

@Jaxk: We will definitely never agree. I believe if one’s community is threatened by a storm or other disaster, teenagers and others can and should be there helping with sandbagging, using boats to take people from flooded areas, stuff like that. I’m sure in those instances, assistance is welcomed.

I don’t believe that teenagers should be driving miles out of their own communities with guns that they are not licensed to use, and trying to assist law enforcement. I am guessing that the law enforcement would agree.

If law enforcement was doing their job it wouldn’t be necessary. But when the police are not protecting citizens and property, someone needs to stand up. You may be OK with anarchy, I am not.

I would not have wanted my 17 year old child to go there carrying a gun. The outcome could’ve been much different.

@Jaxk: I’m sure if you asked the police if they’d like help from a teenager with a gun (illegally carried or not), I’m sure they would tell you no thank you. If it was Kyle’s store or house and he was protecting it, it might be justfied but to go miles from home to insert himself, no.

Spot on @jca2.