Kyle Rittenhouse is not a thug.
Kyle Rittenhouse is a dumb teenager who has watched too much right wing media and their propaganda. As a result, the kid could spend years in prison. Just like the January 6th seditionists who bought into far right bull shit.
Being young and naïve, he bought in to the false story that you need a big powerful gun to be safe. He bought into the dangerous propaganda that when the government does do what you would like, you take the law into your own hands.
Rittenhouse had no clue on the ramifications of carrying a semi-automatic rifle in public. He did not comprehend how deadly the weapon is. He did not understand how others would approach him while carrying a semi-automatic at a demonstration.
Most of the far right are like Rittenhouse. They have no idea about the damage being done to our country by their propaganda.
The far right and the far left are both horrific. They are like illegal drugs, they ruin many lives.