I too marveled at this kid's quick-reaction to distinguish between an imminent threat and non-threat. It was absolutely uncanny. Most people would have over-reacted and made a mistake shooting someone who wasn't a threat.
My son watched the filmed event frame-by-frame and said it better than I could describe it. He said it was like watching a John Wick scene from a movie. Rittenhouse's reaction for distinguishing an imminent threat was unreal like it was indeed a movie.
One caution I have, and this is certainly not meant to be interpreted as a criticism, concerns the use of "GenX" (or any other tagged generation). One has to name something in order to categorize it and separate it from the others. Labeling something is also often used to typecast. When it is used as such its sole purpose is to divide. If you think about it, the generation gap rhetoric is completely nonsensical. Prior to WWII, there was no such thing as a generation gap or labeling generations. No generation is greater than the other. We all fall far short of what we should be. IMHO, we need to humble ourselves in this regard and be the best character we can be. Each generation also produces its own outstanding and great individuals. Kyle Rittenhouse is an example of this. I am old enough to be his grandfather, and albeit I wouldn't want to experience his Vi et armis, I would pray my reaction would be as immaculate as Kyle's was. I hope that the charges against him are dropped. The public should be putting all the pressure necessary to get these DAs to drop the case against him. It was the clearest textbook example of self-defense one can see.
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Tyrodragon ago
I too marveled at this kid's quick-reaction to distinguish between an imminent threat and non-threat. It was absolutely uncanny. Most people would have over-reacted and made a mistake shooting someone who wasn't a threat.
My son watched the filmed event frame-by-frame and said it better than I could describe it. He said it was like watching a John Wick scene from a movie. Rittenhouse's reaction for distinguishing an imminent threat was unreal like it was indeed a movie.
One caution I have, and this is certainly not meant to be interpreted as a criticism, concerns the use of "GenX" (or any other tagged generation). One has to name something in order to categorize it and separate it from the others. Labeling something is also often used to typecast. When it is used as such its sole purpose is to divide. If you think about it, the generation gap rhetoric is completely nonsensical. Prior to WWII, there was no such thing as a generation gap or labeling generations. No generation is greater than the other. We all fall far short of what we should be. IMHO, we need to humble ourselves in this regard and be the best character we can be. Each generation also produces its own outstanding and great individuals. Kyle Rittenhouse is an example of this. I am old enough to be his grandfather, and albeit I wouldn't want to experience his Vi et armis, I would pray my reaction would be as immaculate as Kyle's was. I hope that the charges against him are dropped. The public should be putting all the pressure necessary to get these DAs to drop the case against him. It was the clearest textbook example of self-defense one can see.