"Donald Trump wants to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to throw himself a big fancy parade with tanks in the streets," said one organizer. "This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook."

Jake Johnson May 06, 2025

"Pro-democracy campaigners late Monday announced a nationwide “No Kings” day of defiance on June 14—the same day U.S. President Donald Trump plans to hold a birthday military parade more befitting a dictator than an elected head of state.

More than 100 “No Kings” events have already been registered across the U.S., with many more expected in the weeks ahead of the day of action. "

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I believe a majority of Americans are too disconnected from the process and from history to understand why calling someone a king is bad. It’s simply not a message that resonates with most Americans.

    I disagree with you, but you’re welcome to your own opinion.

    The fact that Trump and his supporters will turn it into lube for jerking off is just further proof it’s not the right message,

    Again with focusing on what trump and his deep MAGA folk will think. I don’t care what they think on this. This isn’t a message for them. There may be other messages at another time, but this isn’t for them. Not every message is for MAGA folk.

    and the fact that you don’t care what he or they think is further proof how far out of your depth you are in this fight. You still think you can win by making the better argument and gathering a larger group of supporters.

    If we are truly in the minority of political opinion, then making a better argument and gathering larger group of supporters is our only path out of this. If we are actually in the majority opinion, then we only need to convince a much smaller group which is currently apathetic and/or sitting on the sidelines. Either way, trying to appeal directly to trump or pure MAGA folks is a dead end.

    I haven’t heard you propose any alternative. Are you going right to suggesting an immediate armed uprising or do you have an alternative approach besides “not king message”?