Kyle Rittenhouse And The Problem Of Left-Wing Epistemic Closure

This is an uncomfortable case for many on the left, but the facts matter

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who killed two people and wounded a third during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin this summer, appears to have a pretty decent self-defense case.  

Now, depending on your political orientation, this might make you uncomfortable. It might feel gross to even consider this claim as something that could potentially be true. But…