DHS sent around an internal memo with talking points that were favorable to Kyle Rittenhouse

[Doctor_Faustus]

Über verschiedene Namensstufen wie Saal-Schutz , Schutzkommando und Sturmstaffel wurde schließlich noch 1925 der Name Schutzstaffel offiziell eingeführt, den der ehemalige SA-Führer Hermann Göring in Anlehnung an eine Fliegerbegleitstaffel Manfred von Richthofens vorgeschlagen hatte

From Wiki. Emphasis mine.

[LurksNoMore]

@Doctor_Faustus

I never realised that the early SA uniforms (the original brown shirts) had what we would now call “western” pockets. Now I wonder about the sartorial history of “western” clothing.

It would be entirely unsurprising if the SA copied that from Western clothes. Thanks to the influence of Karl May, early 20th-century Germany had a huge thing for cowboys and Westerns and all that.

[Bob_Brinkman]

@TomPoston

I’m a bit perplexed as to why the Right has picked this particular incident to create a folk hero.

Because he did what they are all fantasizing about, hell gunned down some “libs”. Make no mistake, this is what they are foaming in their shorts over. They want to kill liberals and are going to make damned sure that those who do, get away scot free.

[Hypoxia]

@Purplecat

The eventual result of course was that the SA and their leadership were eventually purged when they were perceived as being a liability .

It’s a truism that after a ‘successful’ revolution, the new leaders must purge their fellow revolutionaries so they don’t continue to stir up trouble.