The “people” in /r/conservative are either bots or raised on leaded water.
Has someone explained to them that “No Kings” isn’t an anti-monarchy movement?
Multiple times. They’re either being purposely obtuse, or genuinely don’t get it.
I’m guessing the latter.
Both. The people in power understand it and are lying to the base so they genuinely dont get it.
There is a large segment of the population that wants a King to rule them. It’s what makes sense to their brain, so they project.
I’m stupid, so I need a smart guy to tell me what to do. Trump is smart, he says so, and he wouldn’t lie.
They just need to keep the propaganda machine running. It doesn’t have to make sense for critical thinkers, as those are not the audience they want.
Not only this but their dear leader keeps commenting on it like it’s literal. He’s actually said something to the effect of ‘They call me a king, idk, I don’t think I’m a king’.
I believe it’s all the reasons you listed, it’s combination idiocy and mixed with ‘pwn the liburuls’.
Can’t apply reason where there isn’t any to start with, I always say.
do you mean like it’s about preventing dictators from gaining power?
I kinda think this is a valid point.
Firstly, “No Kings” was always a bit of a piss-weak euphemism. It clearly means No Dictators, but that’s too strong language for dems and casts uncomfortably truthful light on the system they want to be in charge of.
Secondly, don’t give a standing ovation to an unelected monarch. Just don’t. He uttered the words “checks and balances”. So what? We have literal concentration camps and no rule of law. A child rapist and a pack of drunk nazis openly loot the public purse. We’re way past checks and balances.
This is yet another example of the dems failing to understand the political moment.
Pretty sure the folks behind it are Gen-X calling back to Schoolhouse Rock:
Pretty much everyone of a certain age grew up with this.
I have heard local organizers expressing frustration at the firm grip of democratic party insiders on messaging, goals and other decision making.
The general populace doesn’t understand the political moment so idk why youre complaining about the minority party they didn’t bother giving any power to.
He has no real power
He has very little formal power, just wealth, status, connections, titles, fame, ceremonial power, large property holdings and public funding.
His brother is one of the world’s most famous child rapists, a key player in the trump-epstein trafficking ring and his dad was an outspoken racist.
The optics of dems giving a standing ovation to an unelected monarch while we suffer under authoritarian rule are not good.
lol. Imagine the democratic house just losing their shit, booing and hissing whenever a monarchy figure from another nation visits.
That would be, by definition, replublican af.
Ok that would be unwise foreign policy but based as fuck. Just yell “send us one of your elected officials”. Hell, we could bar all nobility from entering our country without renouncing their title. Inconvenient as fuck, would piss off so many countries, but it would be incredibly cool
I wouldn’t just bar them from entry. I would flat-out make it a capital offense for any monarch or hereditary noble to set foot in US territory. This land should be unsullied by the stench of kings. Any that dare come here should forfeit their life. I consider being a king to be a worse crime than being a serial killer.
A bunch of morons here would love that and so would Republicans because it’d be a brain dead political move.
I would oppose King-What’s-His-Name being ‘King of the US’ just as much as I oppose trump’s bullshit.
just saying, we don’t have kings here, and frankly the visiting one can go back to where he came from.
The other thing is that the king of England isn’t really a real king. These days, it’s basically a ceremonial position more than anything and doesn’t have a whole lot of real power.
The last King of England died in 1702. The Kingdom was abolished in 1707.
UK: The monarchy is ceremonial US: The democracy is ceremonial
Make no mistake, these still aren’t good people. The modern ‘constitutional’ monarchs have not changed from the days of their ancestors. They’re quietly waiting on the sidelines, just waiting for the day that democracy stumbles. The minute there’s any crisis of confidence, or both parties are hopelessly unpopular, or there’s some massive outside threat? The monarch hopes to be there to swing in and reclaim full power.
The French had the right idea on how to deal with kings. Being a monarch is a crime against humanity.
Also the actual literal King of the UK has less power in the UK than Trump does in the US and is very specifically not above the law like Trump is.
Ah, well, y’see technically he’s got a fuckton of power, but the deal is he doesn’t use it or the monarchy is fucked. He is also quite specifically above the law.
No, he is very very VERY specifically not above the law. The trial and execution of Charles I is a pretty major point in British history. Establishing the king is not above the law and parliament is sovereign.
From the wiki page on sovereign immunity: Sovereign immunity
As the Crown Proceedings Act only affected the law in respect of acts carried on by or on behalf of the British government, the monarch remains personally immune from criminal and civil actions.[45]
I’ve tried to find something that contradicts this but I can’t.
he doesn’t use it or the monarchy is fucked
That is the same as not having power.
I fundamentally disagree, but also I’m not willing to argue about it.
This is so stupid. Like people trying to call Dems the BLM party
Voters =/= political parties. Voters created the no king protest, voters created black lives matter.
Dems are parasites who act like they’re involved
Most of them look like they honestly don’t give a shit. I see one guy who looks enthused.
Also, “No Kings” means “The United States of America has no kings.” It bears no relevance to our diplomatic relations with monarchical states.
It shows that they even missed the major point that a monarch from the country we freed ourselves from came here to address our Congress on the importance of saving the environment and keeping checks and balances in place to maintain democracy.
He either brilliantly roasted Trump, or us if we never do anything to stop Nazis and rebuild and reform our country.
Also Charles is a King in title only. Hes a tourist attraction. He has no real power.
Unlike what Trump is trying to do/become.
Missing the class through the individuals, I see.
Fuck him too, for what it’s worth.
They literally clapped while King Charles fucking dunked on them, the conservatives I mean.
These people just believe whatever the fuck they want. I could convince them that Jesus was actually a mass murderer and they’d be all for it as long as the victims were brown.
It would work depressingly well, especially since the Manosphere has been trying to rebrand Christ as a “Warrior King”
fuck the king
U got a license for that opinion m8
“Fuck the kingsguard. Fuck the city. Fuck the king.” - Sandor Clegane
Well, for America, and our siblings across the pond…
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It also has a lot to with Great Britain not supporting America in this stupid war, and actually handing out consequences to their people in the Epstein Files.
England, of all nations, has become the good guy, and America has become the bad guy. Ironic.
England, of all nations, has become the good guy
Let’s not get too crazy here. TERF Island can still sink into the fucking sea, as far as I’m concerned
England is still on the bleeding edge of pushing anti-free speech/Palestine support and anti-privacy laws. Credit where it is due in not supporting Trump’s war and with holding Epstein clients to at least some account including the Andrew formerly known as Prince. But “the good guys” they are not, right now.
Yeah, I only meant it in a relative sense. I don’t think ANY countries can count themselves as true “good guys” these days. They all seem to be up to something nefarious.
They are supporting America in this stupid War. This should be pointed out, because allowing America to use its air bases in a war is a form of support. I would argue an extreme form of support.
Also don’t be too sure about them going after their Epstein file guys. Cuz old sausage fingers Chuck here is certainly involved. If not with Epstein directly, though I doubt he isn’t, he was certainly heavily involved with Jimmy Savile.
