I've detected two themes from the right about the No Kings protests online and developed a counter strategy.
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1. That it is a waste of our time because obviously the US has had no kings since 1776.
It has come across in various forms, but clearly the right is being triggered to mock us about wasted effort. Deliberate attempts to make it seem like we are protesting a non-issue. They are neglecting the nuance of tense. No one at the protests actually thinks we have a king. Duh!
My response has been along the lines of re-framing and introducing better facts. Quite frankly, this is more of a wasted effort than showing up to a protest was! But I'm doing it in the hope that maybe one or two people see a light bulb. Any little bit helps these days.
I've been responding with comments like.
The US has had no kings since 1788, not 1776, upon the ratification and adoption of the U.S. Constitution. The protests are a reminder to Trump and the GOP that they swore an oath to the U.S. Constitution which enshrines the notion that we have no kings and, more importantly, never should.
2. That the No Kings protests are people throwing a trantrum because their candidate lost.
I've been responding with comments like.
Peaceful protest to advocate upholding the U.S. Constitution is a much better response to losing an election than storming our nation's capital in a failed insurrection. I didn't see any elected officials running for their lives, did you?
Of course there are tons of other silly panicked responses from the right. I've lost track of how many claims of AI image manipulation I've seen, but I can't see the juice being worth the squeeze to reply to those. I've decided to focus on the U.S. Constitution since it is not a person or a party. Will I make a difference. Not much of one. But maybe. Maybe, one person will see it and stop to think?
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Prince Andrew is the first monarch (not butterfly 🦋 ) to fall.
More to faceplant now that he's in the sewer where he belongs.
NEXT!
They have no answer to him and his asslick Mikey stonewalling on Epstein.
Louis Agassiz. Statue at Stanford University after 1906 earthquake.
He seems to have been more portly than the statue. Maybe the sculptor ran out of money for materials. 
Like a lot of their desperate talking points, these RW claims are just fodder for their own echo chamber. When the reality of this child molester's unpopularity has sunk in to the point that numbnuts like Joe Rogan can clutch their pearls the cult has little or no messaging traction.
Way more people showed up to yesterday's protests than they did a few months ago. That momentum is on our side. That being said, the perception of the Democratic Party has not changed that much, but it has little or nothing to do with messaging. A majority of Americans prefer Democratic priorities but enough people continue to vote for republicans based on psychology. Any party in America that is seen as standing up for the traditionally despised (the poor, women, minorities, LGBTQ+, etc.) is perceived as weak. It's why Democrats often have their strongest performances following republican catastrophe. When Democrats clean up republican messes, republicans are once again given the keys and the cycle continues. But that's a rant for another day.
I do salute your vigor at even addressing these a-holes.
But I wish you luck with your efforts!
