Exactly, that's why "But this wouldn't have happened if...." is a stupid argument when cause and effect aren't directly linked.
So don't make that argument by saying that "this wouldn't have happened if he had stayed home" or else you open yourself up to being one-upped.
Not that this is some sort of competition, but how have you "one-upped" me? I've consistently linked cause and effect; it just depends on how macro or micro you view the circumstances. At the micro level, Rittenhouse was attacked and retaliated; he's a victim. On the
macro level, y'know, the level that encompasses ALL the facts of the situation, Rittenhouse willingly and intentionally put himself, with zero authority,
with a lethal weapon, into an already highly volatile situation, and wound up killing people; he's the culprit. I'm not saying this was murder in the first degree, but certainly reckless endangerment that cost people, good or bad, their lives, so manslaughter at
least.
Dude left his house with an assault rifle, drove 20 miles to intentionally get into the thick of some serious shit that was way above his ability, pay grade and entirely outside of any realm of his authority. He WANTED violence and he got it. Now, we wait to see if he gets the justice he'd pretend to advocate.
EDIT: Come to think on it, seeing as he did leave the house with lethal intent (I mean, why else does someone tote an assault rifle into a riot?), There might be grounds for murder of SOME degree...