The No Kings 3 protest on Saturday drew an estimated 9 million protesters at more than 3,300 events in all 50 states for what was the largest single-day nationwide demonstration in American history. There were people dressed up as Revolutionary War soldiers, Handmaids, posters depicting Trump as a Nazi, depicting him as a pig, depicting him with a penis for a face and the words “Small DICKtator Energy,” Ukrainian flags, trans flags,
2 ‘no Kings’ protests in a nation without a king sandwiched around another protest in favor of an actual King who kills tens of thousands of protesters is peak Woke . 🍿
The whole thing to me seems like a desparate cry for catharsis for Democrats. The Biden administration was a debacle on so many levels, perhaps the biggest single failure in US political history, that ended back to where it started, perhaps a worse place
The activities and displays I say were mostly benign, some ranging into offensive (re Barron Trump), antiSemitic (comparing ICE detention centers to Auschwitz and Buchenwald), but not a meaningful political message to be found. Just lamponing and hatred. Also, remarkably white and bimodal boomers and Gen Z.
I love your tolerant amused take and I think it's correct. These are dopey theater Boomers. They appeal to absolutely nobody but their fellow political LARPers and they convince no one. In the past they've deeply annoyed me but I think your attitude is healthier, and is accurate.
Agree with most of this, but surely your list of worst American Presidents should include Richard Nixon. Not only did he resign in disgrace after being caught on tape authorizing hush money payments to the Watergate burglars, he also sabotaged the 1968 peace talks to end the Vietnam War so that he could win the election-- an act which led to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers.
2 ‘no Kings’ protests in a nation without a king sandwiched around another protest in favor of an actual King who kills tens of thousands of protesters is peak Woke . 🍿
The whole thing to me seems like a desparate cry for catharsis for Democrats. The Biden administration was a debacle on so many levels, perhaps the biggest single failure in US political history, that ended back to where it started, perhaps a worse place
The activities and displays I say were mostly benign, some ranging into offensive (re Barron Trump), antiSemitic (comparing ICE detention centers to Auschwitz and Buchenwald), but not a meaningful political message to be found. Just lamponing and hatred. Also, remarkably white and bimodal boomers and Gen Z.
I love your tolerant amused take and I think it's correct. These are dopey theater Boomers. They appeal to absolutely nobody but their fellow political LARPers and they convince no one. In the past they've deeply annoyed me but I think your attitude is healthier, and is accurate.
Grow up fer crissakes. You want your kids to know you were this stupid and an asshole to boot?
The same protesters who wanted to use blunt-force government power to force people to get a toxic vaccine they didn't want or need.
Hipocrisy. Histrionic. Hyperbolic.
They need to take their trust fund and go buy some perspective!
Agree with most of this, but surely your list of worst American Presidents should include Richard Nixon. Not only did he resign in disgrace after being caught on tape authorizing hush money payments to the Watergate burglars, he also sabotaged the 1968 peace talks to end the Vietnam War so that he could win the election-- an act which led to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers.