The English "No Kings" protest being "No Tyrants" is so so funny Oh no mustn't imply kings are bad - ThreadSky

mckelvie.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The English "No Kings" protest being "No Tyrants" is so so funny

Oh no mustn't imply kings are bad

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I take your point but it is a US specific phrase
Stalin wasn't a king Kim Jong Un, not a king, Putin, not a king, Hitler, not a king, Millei, not a king, Urban, not a king and so on
I'd take Brian over any of them

djolder.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lmfao wowee

lillieg.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm British & happy with #NoKings tbh

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

So am I :)

slutbomb.bsky.social•1 day ago

it's no kings plural - they can have one

chekhovsgundam.bsky.social•1 day ago

It does seem very British to be like, "no, we actually do want someone to tell us what to do; just, nicely, y'know?"

brandonseifert.info•1 day ago

Australia has “No Dictators,” I saw.

valouriousknight.bsky.social•1 day ago

Me being me, I'd have called it No Kings as well, because I refuse the idea

rossignol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just One King.

nanomyosu.bsky.social•1 day ago

slutbomb.bsky.social•1 day ago

great track from ministry's royalist era

thomaswilliams.bsky.social•1 day ago

tadethompson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Heh...I can see the 'not all kings' hashtag now.

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

@annaleen.bsky.social already started it. 😁

seafoamghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

and edinburgh 😭

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh bleurgh, I googled and only saw a London one

seafoamghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

i’m not surprised but i am disappointed.
dublin, however ❤️

annaleen.bsky.social•1 day ago

#notallkings lol

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

I am picturing the meeting where they discussed the name change

joshfrai.bsky.social•1 day ago

annaleen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just cringe from start to finish

aptshadow.bsky.social•1 day ago

I imagine at least one monocle popped in alarm.

lumphammer.com•1 day ago

He’s 5’10 so #noshortkings I guess.

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

(I mean it's an odd one because I get the "no kings" thing but I feel like the focus should be "no fascism" which is slightly different)

jasonfossella.bsky.social•1 day ago

“no fascism” would trigger a fight over whether things rise to the level of fascism or what fascism even is, which seems to be impossible to get consensus on. “no kings” has historical resonance and aims the protests at Trump personally rather than an apparently undefinable ideology

mckelvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure, like I say, I get it, it's just off.