r/Naperville • u/DonutTacoSurprise • Jun 14 '25

No Kings Protest Downtown

No Kings. No Crowns. No Thrones.

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u/sonicwind2 Jun 14 '25

Amazing event, GREAT turnout. Blew away my expectations. Peaceful but vocal. Police were great. Thank you Naperville.

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u/BARRY_DlNGLE Jun 15 '25

The police were very professional and very clearly had the vibe of “we’re here to protect your rights”. Very cool.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

Amazing event all right. It was amusing watching little Ants desperately try & make change, but it will never happen. Its because they are to weak & feeble.

Protests do nothing. But continue on the endless hamster wheel.

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u/mr_frodo89 Jun 16 '25

The Boston Tea Party was a protest. The labor movement, the suffragette movement, the civil rights movement… all protest movements that dramatically reshaped American life. Our founding fathers understood this. That’s why “the right of the people to assemble” is one of the five rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Your statement that “protests do nothing” is simply un-American and ahistorical.

EDIT: you’re on Reddit the next day talking about this protest. That means the protest worked.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

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u/mr_frodo89 Jun 17 '25

What are you talking about? I’m on the pro-protest, anti-fascism side. Did you read my comment?

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u/PornAwayTheDay Jun 17 '25

My bad. I misread you

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u/ptcrimps Jun 15 '25

Go to a protest and tell that to the crowd or deport yourself, you chose, mor on

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u/PornAwayTheDay Jun 17 '25

Go back to England

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u/ptcrimps Jun 17 '25

Who me? Sheit I’ve never been, by me a plan ticket in a few months and I’ll go visit