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Free as F^(< : Kyle Rittenhouse, Whiteness, and a Divinely-Ordained License to Kill

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Free as F^(< : Kyle Rittenhouse, Whiteness, and a Divinely-Ordained License to Kill

The danger we're facing goes beyond a rogue killer. Among white Christians, a belief in America's divine mission doubles support for political violence.

Robert P. Jones
Nov 19, 2021
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Free as F^(< : Kyle Rittenhouse, Whiteness, and a Divinely-Ordained License to Kill

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Today the news broke that Kyle Rittenhouse had been “acquitted on all charges in the shooting deaths of two men and wounding of a third at a Wisconsin protest against racial injustice last year,” as AP put it.

I don’t say this glibly: God help us.

Rittenhouse, as we would say growing up, was clearly “looking for trouble.” He intentionally traveled acros…

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