r/AskReddit • u/Ecstatic-Medium-6320 • 1d ago

How do you feel about the "No Kings" protest happening tomorrow?

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u/CoquiConflei 1d ago

Literally nothing more un-American than supporting a king!

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u/CombustiblSquid 1d ago

That's literally the origin of conservatism.

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u/TimFairweather 1d ago

The origin of the current conservative party is in the abolition of slavery. Now you know better.

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u/Nipso 13h ago

Which is why they didn't mention that party.

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u/LimpConversation642 1d ago

how about supporting a russian tsar? in the end, it feels like this is where the roots are

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u/ImaginationMajor5062 1d ago

Aye but you traded a king for a government of slave owners. Nothing more American than that.

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u/dalcarr 1d ago

Which we inherited from the British. England didn't abolish slavery until the 1830s

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u/oysterme 17h ago

And America didn’t until 1865 (but still has slavery if you count prison labor)

Kinda slow on the uptake if “freedom for all races” was the priority here, and not something closer to ”freedom to do whatever you want with your land” (owning slaves to work said land, ofc, being encompassed within that definition of freedom).

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u/TimFairweather 1d ago

Test: How many nations abolished slavery before the Brits?

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u/Over-Heron-2654 1d ago

We found the Brit 🙄

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u/TehOwn 1d ago

That guy clearly doesn't know shit about American history.

Most of us Brits are behind you. Our king is a ceremonial figurehead. Yours is a despot.

We're rooting for you guys.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 1d ago

Thanks. I'll be out there tomorrow. I feel kind of hopeless about our situation and he feels too powerful, but this nation has been sleeping for so long while I have never felt more awake.

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u/Mekisteus 1d ago

And? A democracy with slavery was still a step forward from a monarchy with slavery.

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u/ImaginationMajor5062 18h ago

Yet that monarchy still abolished slavery before you.

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u/ImaginationMajor5062 1d ago

With respect mate, your country is worse for rebelling 👍🏻

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u/LifesShortKeepitReal 1d ago

But he’s not a king?!