A National Educational Moment
The No Kings protest on March 28, 2026, had more than eight million people turn out at 3,300 locations across America. It was the largest protest in our history as a nation.
However, the No Kings Flagship Rally took place at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota.
This photo was taken at Boston Common in Boston. Obviously, the sculptor wants ICE to melt away.
This photo is at Times Square in New York City. Locals are so bunched together tighter than human sardines.
These protestors are near the Memorial Bridge in Arlington VA.
Look at where this picture was taken. The building at that top of the photo of The Robert E. Lee Memorial. Lee lived in the home for thirty years, but left his home in 1861 due to the Civil War. The National Park Service takes care of this memorial tribute to Lee. I guess that the building could remain after the Civil War as Lee’s home. Nonetheless, naming it a memorial to the main general of the Confederacy seems odd at best.
It is apparent that millions of protesters in the States had issues with the Divine Donald. There were a handful of other countries that had No Kings rallies. The king issue is tied to the royal we concept. Nearly a millennium ago, King Henry II in 1169 was the first English royalty to use the term, we. The we referred to the issue of the divine right of kings. That concept is that the king and God rule together.
Queen Victoria was said to have used the royal we when commenting upon someone with whom she disagreed. She said, "We are not amused." That concept of God and royalty was used by the former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Even though she was a commoner, she announced to the world the birth of her grandchild, "We have become a grandmother."
Across the pond in America, we have some who have adopted the royal we. Mark Twain said, "Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial we." Henry David Thoreau said something very similar: "We is used by royalty, editors, pregnant women, and people who eat worms." Nonetheless, the royal we is an erroneous type of self-aggrandizement and is filled with hubris.
In America, Trump said, “No, no we're not a king. We're not a king at all, thank you very much.” Trump’s assertion that “we’re not a king” indicates that he views himself far above everyone else.
Christian nationalism and the Great Replacement Theory are also linked to the royal we. They believe that Christians are inherently better than others who weren’t white. God picked white Christians to work for him. Those mindsets are merely an updated American version of the royal we. Back in the 19th century, the term was Manifest Destiny.
White Christians believe that God gave them a special place in the pecking order of races. Essentially, they are doing what God wants. Manifest Destiny was God’s blessing to whites to move westward to the Pacific Ocean by conquering the wilderness. God and whites were in charge. The Native Americans, Mexicans living in the southwest, and the slaves in the South are deemed less than whites. It was the basis of the Civil War, all the wars with the Native Americans, and the Mexicans.
Trump and his administration share Rev. Doug Wilson’s beliefs. White nationalism is merely a modern mindset for sexism and racism.
Either we learn and address these issues, or we and the rest of the world will continue to abuse human beings due to their race or sex.
This is No Kings Flagship Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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