Questioning "No Kings"

 

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy!

H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926

 

The reviews are in.

 

It’s the questions that remain.

 

The “NO KINGS” nationwide protests were, by all accounts, peaceful. As a Constitutional platform, our interest should end there. As citizens, we have a right to “peaceably assemble to petition for a redress of their grievances”

 

Yet the entire exercise seems to demand clarification. In no particular order:

 

Who is the king?

What are the grievances against the king?

What is the proposed solution?

 

If Donald Trump is  the King, he kind of sucks at it. If he was a king, the protest would not have taken place, as a king would not permit it. Furthermore, a King would not engage in abiding by court decisions. Trump has followed every court decision that  has gone against him. Surely Joe Biden could give him lessons on ignoring the Supreme Court.

 

Cancelling student loans, anyone?

 

By following the Constitution and respecting the courts, Trump has removed himself from monarchial consideration.

 

If the issue is as being reported, the actions of I.C.E, then there is a case to be made. But the focus of their wrath should not be with Trump but with Congress. The laws being followed are acts of Congress and pre-date Trump, often by decades.

 

The mob’s solution? Spit on law enforcement officers who are following the law and protecting the Constitution.

 

Madness.

 

So while we applaud the non-violence, we are left to ask:

 

What was it all about?