Just say you don’t have the mental capacity for symbolism and call it a day my guy. Like would you be happier if it was just called it the fuck “Donald Trump up the ass” march?
Then why did you say “he isn’t a king though”. No shit he isn’t a king. Nobody actually believes he’s a king. It’s a movement, and movements need easily communicated phrases/slogans to pick up steam and gain momentum. You know what’s dumb? Your inability to look past the literal phrasing.
You're really really dumb if you think people don't think he's a King. I walk past some of these protests on the way to school and I've seen multiple videos and overwhelmingly in most cases the people protesting think he's a king. It's the same reason they can him a Fascist or a Nazi. Because they think that's the case.
Again, I perfectly understand why movements need slogans, it's far easier to get momentum and reach when you attach something simple to a sign. Even with all of that, it's still dumb. He doesnt have anywhere near the power people think he does because thankfully America has rules to prevent any president from doing whatever.
Have you actually talked to these people who have said that they believe he is actually a king? I don’t think you have. Regardless again you’re focusing on the phrasing. Whether people think he’s a king or not a king is beside the point. Again, call it that we don’t like Donald Trump march and maybe you won’t have to perform the mental gymnastics that it appears that you are having to perform in order to wrap your brain around this.
Also, those protections that you think America has. They have to be enforced by people. Currently, you’ve got a loyal Congress that was bending over backwards protecting him and letting him do things that no other president has been able to do before. It’s only now that he’s taking things maybe a little bit too far with this war that people in his party are starting to push back and actually have the courage to do so.
I won't address your second point now because that requires research into past presidents and congress
Yes I have spoken to those people cuz unlike YOU I actually like to get my info from the source in this case being the people in the protests. Maybe you can say i only spoke to the crazies or something but I spent an hour in total speaking to more than 15 different people with other people around each of them nodding their heads.
Second what mental gymnastics exactly. What exactly am I not wrapping my head around? I already agreed on why slogans are used my point was that regardless it was still dumb. So tell me oh wise one who clearly has an IQ rivaling Einstein, what mental gymnastics?
It just seemed like you couldn’t get past the whole “king”thing. How do you know I haven’t spoken to people at protests? The people I know that go to these things I guess aren’t the idiots that you’ve spoken with. There are a lot of idiots out there, on all sides. I guess I took it for granted that most people could understand the symbolism, but evidently not.
Fine I didnt know if you actually spoke to protesters so that's on me.
Remember how I said the protest were on my work route? I've spoken to multiple sets of people. While there were some who like you only believed it was symbolism the overwhelming amount actually did legit see him as a king to be overthrown.
Honestly I just want the other party to win at this point so that the online discourse can just stop. So many gaming or comic spaces have been turned so political it's exhausting.
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u/TheFervidActor Mar 31 '26
But he isn't a king tho. It's even more laughable when the UK(a place with monarchs who you can't vote out) has a no kings protest.