I don’t believe I misstated anything you said. If you show me how I did misstate something I will acknowledge I was wrong. I provided a citation showing that at least one of your assertions was false. You then hedged but did not acknowledge that “mistake” in the facts . That does make an honest exchange of ideas and debate difficult
Luckily you don’t get to change the rules around self defense. The down side to allowing the right to use a defense to be based upon your character or popularity is huge and very dangerous . Mr Rogers gets to defend himself but not the ________
Fill in the blank with whoever is your political foe. Of course the people getting to set the standard is the mob (internet and media) and we have seen just how rational those mobs can be

You may not believe he should have the right to self defense but the law says otherwise.