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In reply to the discussion: No kings, bit of a misnomer. [View all]Bad Dog
(2,044 posts)7. It only it were just about kings.
If that was tnd case there wouldn't be aconstant reference to King George.
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"No A-holes" might have been better. Never liked moniker "No Kings," but the protests were a big success.
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#3
Trump never hinted he wanted to be an A-hole. Of course, that was because he has always been one.
Wonder Why
Jun 2025
#5
Being genetically disposed to it (his grandfather and dad both degenerates), TACO has naturally sunk ...
marble falls
Jun 2025
#29
"No Kings" refers more to the traditional power of kings than to any actual king.
Ocelot II
Jun 2025
#4
"The whole march was exercise in American Exceptionalism, dismissive of the rest of the World"
ornotna
Jun 2025
#13
Some countries still have kings. In Europe those countries are parliamentary democracies
Ocelot II
Jun 2025
#17
You have allegedly been on DU long enough to know the diff between us and the far right...
Hekate
Jun 2025
#44
Spare me the semantics. We need simple, effective slogans. 'No kings' works...
Wounded Bear
Jun 2025
#19
it's one of the rare instances we've branded something right and had fun with it
cadoman
Jun 2025
#30
It's a contradiction for sure because from a subconscious level we revere the terms king or queen.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2025
#33
That Congress and the judicial branch have the power to stop him is surely a major part of "No Kings"
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2025
#49
Thank you! I'm totally in agreement and it actually creepes me out a bit that we are so damned ignorant
msfiddlestix
Jun 2025
#50
I;m old as dirt and have been involved in activism since the 60's. Psychopathic Oligarchs, might wear crowns of their
msfiddlestix
Jun 16
#54
I gotcha, and in full agreement regarding reclaiming our democracy, status quo are rigged elections among other things
msfiddlestix
Jun 16
#57
Oligarchy was a term to describe what the countries of Ukraine and Russia were like
AZProgressive
Jun 16
#58