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canetoad

(19,572 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:18 AM 15 hrs ago

The title 'No Kings'

Is past it's use-by date. And far too polite to describe what's happening.

Besides, the kings that really pissed off their people usually didn't last long. I can't think of any king who carried on the way tsf does and didn't end up deposed with prejudice.

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The title 'No Kings' (Original Post) canetoad 15 hrs ago OP
How does "No Dictators" sound? Hekate 15 hrs ago #1
Yeah - nah canetoad 15 hrs ago #2
Back when Gov. Howard Dean ran for president his campaign was called People Powered Howard Hekate 14 hrs ago #7
Reboot some of the oldies canetoad 14 hrs ago #8
I like it. Dictator best describes what he is. GoodRaisin 12 hrs ago #11
No Kings is fine, but how do you like No Tyrants? Bernardo de La Paz 15 hrs ago #3
I literally had the thought when typing canetoad 14 hrs ago #5
"People Power" is good too. "Power to the People". Make signs. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 14 hrs ago #6
That's what we want! We want tRump deposed with prejudice ASAP! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 14 hrs ago #4
No Kings has seen it's day NJCher 14 hrs ago #9
I believe that the enormous turnout for June 14, NO KINGS was BigmanPigman 12 hrs ago #10
I, along with 2000+ protest organizers - werdna 12 hrs ago #12
What about "No Mad Kings"? crazylikafox 6 hrs ago #13

canetoad

(19,572 posts)
2. Yeah - nah
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:40 AM
15 hrs ago

Maybe a single word - modern, assertive....I don't really know what fires people up to get some People Power going. Maybe just start calling it that. It worked for Corazon Aquino, in Ukraine and I guess other places.

Hekate

(99,648 posts)
7. Back when Gov. Howard Dean ran for president his campaign was called People Powered Howard
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:55 AM
14 hrs ago

I still have some of the t-shirts around, tho I don’t recall if they have the slogan on them.

My personal grievance is a severe lack of political protest music in this century. The right kind of music gets people unified.

GoodRaisin

(10,550 posts)
11. I like it. Dictator best describes what he is.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:10 AM
12 hrs ago

We don’t use it enough. M$M is afraid to say it.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,171 posts)
3. No Kings is fine, but how do you like No Tyrants?
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:43 AM
15 hrs ago

Saturday October 18. No Kings!

Find a No Kings protest near you
https://www.nokings.org/

canetoad

(19,572 posts)
5. I literally had the thought when typing
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:45 AM
14 hrs ago

The answer above to Hekate.

People Power. It's dynamic and true. Power returned to the people.

NJCher

(41,598 posts)
9. No Kings has seen it's day
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:09 AM
14 hrs ago

Time for a new theme, for sure. Yes, he still acts like a king but this has been over shadowed by his mental decline.

BigmanPigman

(53,906 posts)
10. I believe that the enormous turnout for June 14, NO KINGS was
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:02 AM
12 hrs ago

so successful that it should be used again to remind the same 5-11 million protesters to march on Oct 18th. It's the same theme/idea.

Over 2,100 are already planned and this will be even larger than the original NO KINGS.

werdna

(1,125 posts)
12. I, along with 2000+ protest organizers -
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:13 AM
12 hrs ago

- in all fifty states respectfully disagree. The name still resonates with the perception of our Founding Fathers that, We the People, will not tolerate subjugation to one individual, sane or, as in Trumps case, seriously deranged.

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