If you people hate the Royals so much why are you starting so many threads to tell us

[LynneSin]

I mean I really hate Onions but I've yet to start a "I Hate Onions" thread.

I think I've started exactly one "I Hate American Idol" thread in my lifetime. Now I just ignore them.

Before you judge the royals and expecially Prince William - why don't you read about his charitable works. The Prince knows anything with his name attached to it can raise alot of money, which is why he is involved with so many great charties including AIDs, World Hunger, the Environment, Homelessness and a host of others notable causes. And when he's not raising money for charities he's serving his country although I will say it's a bit limited. I know he'd serve overseas in Iraq or Afghanistan but his brother lasted about 2-3 months until it became a security risk for the others who served with him.

[samplegirl]

1. Typical D.U.

Some people just have to have something to complain about!
Guess thats why we have the unrec....feature here.

[nichomachus]

2. Haters got to hate

[onehandle]

3. I am seriously thinking of taking some time off from DU on account of random negativity.

The world has enough of actual bad news without having to be subjected to the venom that has been here as of late.

[LynneSin]

33. don't do that

If we don't have something to bitch about we'd be dead

:pals:

[StarburstClock]

4. It's propaganda for gullibles whom idolize aristocracy

There's a bigger issue that the wedding drives home and that issue is "they're royal, you're a peon".

[CBGLuthier]

5. I have not started a single thread but I have invaded some of the fawning ones out of disgust

All the charity in the world does not remove the fact that these people live on the backs of working men and women.

I don't want americans in iraq or afghanistan so wtf should I applaud some so-fucking-called prince who dabbles in war?


But please to notice. I did not start this thread.

[End Of The Road]

6. K&R

And I'll K&R again as needed to keep this at the top.

[RandomThoughts]

7. It is the concept of people being born royal by birth that is the issue.

It hurts many people said to be that, by getting them to think in terms of superiority. And those that don't think that way still have to deal with all the people saying they are somehow different by blood lines.

Why did they invite 'other common families like the Suadies, and various members of clubs to the wedding' Why invite the Saudi Common Family? Because they support the concept of royalty.



I often wonder if the 'offer of kingdoms' told in a story in the desert is actually the attempt to get someone to claim superiority without being able to justify it by action.

What a sad life it would be to know you did nothing to obtain what you might have.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Will & Kate have asked that people donate to charities

instead of giving them wedding gifts. Which I think is extremely nice. One of the charities is reportedly anti-bullying.

[leftstreet]

9. unRec for "you people"

From your description, this William sounds like quite a great guy.

Why wasn't he profiled here before this?

Why did it take a wedding to bring our attention to him?

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Possibly because threads that were started about his, and Harry's

work in Africa have dropped like rocks...? :shrug: But I'm just guessing.

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. Indeed they do.

[MineralMan]

12. Idle minds beget ugly thoughts.

An old proverb...about 30 seconds old, I think.

[JackRiddler]

42. Idiots think in comforting platitudes.

An old riddle of sorts, since it's got a reflexive or self-exposing element. Try it on.

[hfojvt]

13. you might start more onion threads

if you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing somebody gushing about onions every twenty minutes or so.

My question is, since we already have shows like "Entertainment tonight" and "Inside Edition" why does the local and nationa news have to do segments on Charlie Sheen and Paris Hilton and Dancing with the Stars.

For that last one, I think Survivor was the show that started that. People said they were amazed at how popular the show was, but I noticed that it was far more widely marketed than other shows. The marketing people noticed as well, so I think the networks have made a point of using the news to market their other shows.

[shireen]

14. i HATE BROCCOLI

And brussels sprouts.

[pecwae]

38. Doesn't count as a reply.

You must start an OP declaiming your hatred.

[frazzled]

15. It's the "anti-Bambi rule"

Remember how Bambi's mother told him that "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"?

That rule has been inverted in our present day, and especially frequently here on DU: "Only say something when you have something negative to say."

In fact, it might go: "Only look for the negative and say negative things. Nothing else is interesting or eye-catching."

[WatsonT]

19. I hate that rule and all who follow it

:P

[jp11]

16. I'd ask the people making the threads, not start another one to have the same discussions again.

[WatsonT]

17. You hate onions? Maybe you just don't understand the benefit onions offer us

or the central role they play in our culture.

We fought a war to guarantee our right to freely choose produce no matter how noxious! Probably, I slept through a lot of history.

[Atman]

18. I hate stupid threads

But, seeing as I've started plenty in my near-decade on DU, I'll give any DUer plenty of leeway to start any stupid thread they want. Doesn't mean I have to respond.

DOH! I responded!

.

[GOTV]

20. How much "work" is that? Especially for someone who needn't work a day in his life?

All of the people who work day jobs for low wages and still volunteer for something stand in front of Prince William in the respect line don't they?

[End Of The Road]

21. .

[Youth Uprising]

22. I'd wager that most people posting here hate right-wingers or at least

harbor negative feelings towards them. Well then, since you people hate right-wingers so much, then stop posting so much about them! Otherwise, it means that you secretly love them, right?
Logic fail... People talk about things they dislike all the time. It's part of human nature. If people want to post about how much they dislike the royals, let them. Why do you care?

[JackRiddler]

43. Correct. And what's more right-wing than a fookin' monarchy?

[lamp_shade]

23. They're cranky people. Period.

[Ramulux]

24. Why are they royalty?

Why are they special? Why do they deserve to be millionaires for doing nothing? The idea that someone can be royalty is insane and undemocratic.

[Prophet 451]

28. Bullshit

Firstly, our democracy predates yours. Secondly, you could say the same about the Bushes, Kennedys, John Kerry and everyone else who married or was born into a wealthy family. The Royals are harmless figureheads.

[Ramulux]

32. What?

Are you really saying that the elite rich families in this country are the exact same thing as a state recognized "royal" family?

Why should you pay for their lavish lifestyle? Why does the fact that they were born into a certain family mean that they are special? Why should anyone give a shit what the queen has to say about anything? They are a family of millionaires without jobs. Why do they get to live in a palace with hundreds of guards who are paid for with your money?

The idea of a royal family is absurd and there is no reason for it.

[LynneSin]

35. The Elite rich in our country would like to think that - did you see Trumps 3 weddings

Treated them all like he was some sort of fricking royalty. At lest with the British Royals, London and England are guaranteed to make a lot of money not just off the wedding preparations but the tourism. Here in American, no one gives a shit how many wives Trump is on.

[Prophet 451]

37. Yes, I am saying that

Since the Royals have zero power these days, that's exactly what I'm saying.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

46. You are wilfully ignorant on all matters concerning the Royal Family.

The Queen is 85 and still works. All the members of the Royal Family work. Find out where the Queens money comes from then find out how she 'rules'.

Both Prince William and Prince Harry are highly accomplished men. I would venture to say they are probably better people than anyone who has ever been voted into office (or stole an election)in the US.

Watch this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWz9MrHskk

[gratuitous]

25. Why is everyone so down on the Royals?

They haven't won diddly squat in YEARS. You'd think seeing the Kansas City ballclub's bus pull up to the stadium would be an occasion for joy - all right guys, time to raise those batting averages!

[piratefish08]

26. we still got Freedom of Speech, Redcoat!

No Taxation without Representation!!11!

[Prophet 451]

27. I'm sick of it too

I'm actually British and I can understand Americans just not caring, he's not going to be your head of state. I can understand being pissed at the American media for giving the wedding blanket coverage but I'm also getting deeply annoyed at Americans who feel the urge to piss on our parade.

Just looking on this thread, we've got claims that having Royalty is inherently undemocratic (which is bollocks, our democracy predates yours); fury that the Royal Family are rich without having earned it (like that doesn't also apply to the Bushes, Kennedys, John Kerry and hundreds of others; at least the Royals pay taxes) and general nastiness at the marriage of a powerless figurehead that will not affect Americans in any way.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Reminiscent of the MJ threads nt

[WolverineDG]

30. It's a happy occasion, dammit

and some people here just can't be happy. For anyone. At anytime.

Not me, though. I'm all :hangover: , clinging to cups of coffee for dear life until I can close the office & head for home for a nap because I only got 3 hours' sleep last night.

dg

[pacalo]

31. Let the complaints roll off your shoulders. I haven't allowed them to put a damper

on my interest. I stayed up to watch the wedding live & really enjoyed it.

I love William & Harry as an extension of how I felt about Diana. She was a class act.

[LynneSin]

34. I slept most of the day but I let BBC America just keep rolling

You know what's funny. I'm not particularly romantic nor am I big on weddings. If I got married I would think eloping would be romantic.

But I like this stuff - go figure

[pacalo]

36. Same here! I like Cinderella stories, but when I got married all I wanted was to go to

the Justice of the Peace. I'm not the girly-girl type. I was a tomboy as a kid & loved participating in sports.

[Telly Savalas]

39. Smug fans of large market teams like the Yankees and Red Sox

are secret jealous of our well loaded farm system. That's why.

[JackRiddler]

41. Best answer...

Says this non-smug fan of a large market team that... keeps... LOSING, damn it!!!

* New York and not the Yankees *

[JackRiddler]

40. Because your little ceremonial for racist birth-privileges of the bloodlines...

intruded on the public space of the world's republics a bit overmuch.

Because it wasn't on the Celebrity Nonentity Channel, which you are free to watch. It was everywhere, sometimes as the only story, including the public radio "news" paid for by the taxes of people who are NOT the "subjects" of the bloodline "nobles."

Because your royal institution has a history of genocide and imperialism, and some people prefer to be alive and aware of it, rather than living in some permanent present of bullshit prince and princess stories.

How many threads were started celebrating the royal bullshit?

[Shagbark Hickory]

44. I haven't started a thread but since you asked, as an egalitarian communist, I don't believe...

anyone on this planet deserves to be royalty or higher on some kind of social ladder than another.

This wedding btw, cost the uk taxpayers $20 million POUNDS. Why didn't they have a fund raiser to raise money for this wedding like they do for charities?

It costs more in tax payer money for william to be a royal rock star and raise money than he actually raises, I'll betchya.

[treestar]

45. It's an interesting issue

royalty is an anachronism today.

And one would think they least they could do is help charity. Interestingly, unknown rich people don't have the same exposure, and so don't "have" to whereas the royals are completely exposed and there would be comment if they didn't.

Unlike other rich people, one can feel for the royals, they are born into the publicity, which may not be balanced out with the riches. As for marrying one, it would be easier to marry a rich but unknown, or even somewhat known, American. Marrying a prince of the English royal family, you just can't marry him for him, you have to take that exposure. Didn't work out for Diana or Fergie too well. Hopefully this case will be different. The girl has to accept being Queen of England one day, and while it is total security for her and her children, it comes with a high price as to privacy.

[LibDemAlways]

47. The British monarchy is an ancient institution. Bitching about it on an

internet forum isn't going to make it go away.

As long as the monarchy is supported by the British public and members of the royal family continue to work on behalf of charities, I have no problem with it.

[Raschel]

48. I don't get it. I've NEVER gone on a thread to post that I don't care. I just skip them.