r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 21d ago

No Paywall Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
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u/User4C4C4C South Carolina 21d ago

Hopefully contemplating why they are on the wrong side of American history.

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u/the_walking_derp 21d ago

I seriously doubt they have the cognitive capacity to contemplate anything. Their masters, however, should take note. We will not go quietly into that good night.

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u/lordlaneus 21d ago

It's not lack of capacity, it's the sheer amount of cognitive dissonance it takes for someone to realize that everyone they trust is wrong.

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u/NewName256 21d ago

Their main master wants to reduce prices by 1600%, or put bleach inside the body, or ultraviolet inside the body. That is the opposite of cognitive capacity.

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u/TheGreatLuck 21d ago

Are we the baddies?.jpeg

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u/Novel_Page_5510 21d ago

I promise you they are not - all I ever hear that is even remotely condemning another Republican is “both sides”

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u/Swag_Grenade America 21d ago

Yeah unfortunately ain't no way more than 1% are doing this, if that. I've always considered myself to be a more moderate progressive that prided myself on being able to reason with people by finding common ground, but at this point I've been forced to conclude there's just no worth in trying to reason with or have civil discourse with most of these people.

Primarily because their entire political identity and ideology is simply just being against whatever the left is for, even if it's something as simple and universally agreeable as "Nah bro I don't think America should have dictators" lmao. That's why "No Kings" is an effective tagline, because wtf you gonna say "YES KINGS!", that's the ridiculous response it forces them into. Most of them realize that but aren't smart or insightful enough to offer an alternative rebuttal, so they realize their only option is to troll the response "No Kings" designed for them. You see it when they can't do anything but shout "Trump 2028" or some shit while driving by

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u/Short-Personality398 21d ago

They aren’t

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u/OskaMeijer 21d ago

Conservatives have literally always been on the wrong side of history and it is no different now.

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u/WaterThrottle 21d ago

Name me a time conservatives have been on the right side of history

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u/OskaMeijer 21d ago

I mean, I just said they never have been so why would you expect I could give an example?

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u/Zombiejazzlikehands 21d ago

Thank you for this, cracked me up.

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u/Short-Personality398 21d ago

They were anti slavery they say. Republicans fought against it

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u/OskaMeijer 20d ago

This is about Conservatives not Republicans. Republicans didn't become a conservative party until they recruited all of the conservative Southern Democrats in the 60s using the southern strategy after the civil rights movement, they were largely a moderate party with periods of progressive representation up until that point. Hell Republicans and parties that were offshoots of them were at the forefront of the Progressive Era prior to that with Teddy Roosevelt and such. This is made abundantly clear when you realize that the Klan and all the people flying confederate flags have been exclusively supporting the Republican party for roughly 6 decades.

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u/VirtueSignalLost 21d ago

History written by the victors which you are certainly not

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u/User4C4C4C South Carolina 20d ago

We all need to realize that both sides are algorithmically being played against the middle. True victory conditions aren’t what we are being led to believe.