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Kyle Rittenhouse's sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her "brother's unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family."

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 305 points 4 months ago (47 children)

Huh. Have any of them considered a job? If the mom was capable of driving her child to another state to murder some people, I bet she could drive for uber or something. Or be a getaway driver for other criminals, idk.

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 52 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a certain type of person who thinks work is beneath them. That's who the Rittenhouse family is.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (16 children)

...what? What are you basing this on?

When the children were small, Wendy and Mike worked various jobs, including machine operator, housekeeper, and cashier.

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Wendy had become a certified nursing assistant, but she continued to struggle financially. The family was repeatedly evicted.

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In 2018, shortly after another eviction, Wendy filed for bankruptcy. She developed a gastrointestinal bleed that required hospitalization, and Faith was also hospitalized, after an attempted overdose involving over-the-counter painkillers

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 92 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Gotta love a conservative family that votes to undermine all the social services they’d need in situations like this. But they seem to be able to afford guns…

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

In fairness guns are way more affordable than healthcare is America. Sports cars are more affordable than healthcare in America.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

See also: schadenfreude

"enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others"

I think it's an apt term for watching leopards eating the faces of their allies.

Edit: for those unfamiliar with the reference, here's a rundown of The Leopards Eating Faces Party.

  • Leopards Eating People's Faces Party

"Leopards Eating People's Faces Party refers to a parody of regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies (and politicians) and are then surprised when their own lives become worse as a result. It has been commonly used to parody regretful Brexit and Trump voters."

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)

According to the article his sister has been hospitalized and both her and their mother have a hard time getting work because of being associated with Kyle Rittenhouse. BTW the mother did not drive him that's a fallacy

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok then I retract the part about driving. But I have a hard time feeling sympathy for her being unable to get a job. She's repeatedly defended him and said she stands by him, and she allowed her 17 year old to buy a gun he couldn't legally have and to drive without a license. Being associated with him is her doing. I have a family member who was a teenage white supremacist piece of shit (who was thankfully stopped by the FBI before he killed anyone), and you can bet nobody thinks I'm associated with him because I make it very clear where I stand. If I said he was a good person and I'll always support him, I wouldn't be shocked if employers said nah.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sure, but she's also his mother, not a random family member. I'm not going to fault a mother for standing by their child, no matter what he did.

She didn't let him buy anything, but she couldn't make him get rid of it because it wasn't in her house. It was locked up at a friend's house in a different town.

She was also ill, poor, dyslexic, and a single parent dealing with a difficult child. She doesn't seem to have much in her life but her children, I'm not going to condemn her for not banishing him from her life. It's not an easy thing for a mother to do.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If that’s the case, it’s sad then that he apparently doesn’t seem willing to return the good will and unconditional support, if he’s refusing to help them with rent. Abandoning the one person who would always have your back…

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Sad and entirely predictable; we already knew he was a shitbag

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Yeah absolutely fuck Kyle Rittenhouse but Kyle lied to his mom that night about what he was up to, and the mom clearly had no intention of being a willing accomplice to murder.

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Nah but she was totally down for taking him drinking with the Proud Boys.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fallacy is a fault in logic, not a falsehood.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (after it therefore because of it) is a fallacy. Or an appeal to authority is a fallacy.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

a false or mistaken idea

You're thinking specifically of logical fallacies.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Kyle lied to her about everything he was doing that night.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He did. The gun was never in her home, she couldn't do anything about it. It was locked up at his friend's house because his mother wouldn't have permitted him to have it.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but she's related to him and loves him because he is her son, and we hate him, so obviously she should suffer too. Justice and empathy? Fuck that. We're outraged and out for some suffering.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

No, she should have social supports, education, a safety net, retirement and security. The exact things people like her piece of shit brother actively try to deny others all the time. Society tried to help this person.

Now on an individual level before I would ever help her, I’d want to know if she ever saw a cent of Kyle’s blood money.

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are spreading misinformation: https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-255510715179

The spreading of that, along with medical issues, is why they are having troubles.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did you read the rest of the thread? I already acknowledged that I was wrong about that part, but they're saying they can't get work because of him while still refusing to condemn him. The GoFundMe says he was "involved in a tragic shooting incident," which is a pretty weasely way to say he killed people.

I also question that it really has anything to do with him. He's certainly not having any issues making money, and there are a concerning number of people who consider him a hero, or at the very least aren't bothered by what he did (see the comments on this post for a whole lot of evidence). Surely some of them are hiring.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If Kyle has money (he does, from dumbass rubes), he should help his family. Fuck this shitty little selfish murderer.

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