Ass Clown Special Award

Every once in a while, I come across a potential Ass Clown awardee whose degree of ass clownery is such that I’m reluctant to wait until the next scheduled award period to recognize it. So it is today.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, today we present an

Ass Clown Special Award

to

Kyle Rittenhouse

In case you don't recognize him from this photo, perhaps you'll recognize him from this one ...

Mr. Rittenhouse, you may now recall, is the armed teenager whose mother drove him from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, Wisconsin so that he could “protect” property owners from “Antifa rioters.” In Kenosha, he killed two people without being accosted by police who ignored an armed white teenager. He was later tried on two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, and one count of curfew violation ... the judge dismissed the unlawful possession and curfew violation charges, and he was acquitted of the remaining charges by the jury.

In the wake of the trial, Mr Rittenhouse became a celebrity and media darling to the far right, receiving a standing ovation at a conservative conference and was offered internships in the offices of Republican representatives Paul Gosar of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Madison Cawthorne of North Carolina. 

Now, an emboldened and entitled Kyle Rittenhouse has announced he plans to file defamation lawsuits against an array of media outlets he claims defamed him by referring to him as a "white supremacist" and a "murderer," claiming that "We're going to hold everybody who lied about me accountable, such as everybody who lied called me a white supremacist." He went on to say that "Me and my team have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court."

And here is a sad symbol of modern America ... a politically naive, well-armed, and immature teenager who got away with murder, now wants to sue those who shined a light on his despicable actions.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, today we present an Ass Clown Special Award to Kyle Rittenhouse, a shining symbol of the political and social rot that threatens the nation from the inside.

Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for June's first collection of Great Moments in Editing and Signage. More thoughts then. 

Bilbo