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To the editor,
Shakespeare once famously wrote,
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
Looking at the pictures from the 6/14/25 protests amusingly called, “No Kings Day,” the Shakespeare saying rings very loudly to many witnessing the events of our current day, especially since the current President and congress we have in office won the vote in a fair election.
These same folks out protesting some “tyrant dominate King” were quite comfortable, if not happy, to watch residents be locked in their homes, have their schools closed, their churches closed, their businesses be completely shut down, be kept an arbitrary six feet apart at all times, be prevented from visiting their loved ones in nursing homes, be forced to take vaccines or lose their jobs, be made to carry vaccine-passports and be forced to divulge private medical information to strangers through such “vaccine passports”, and be masked all the time for a period of about two years, with no relenting or thought on the economic or mental health impacts! Dare I say that many of these same “No Kings Protesters” attacked those who fought against these king-like mandates rather harshly, with some in power even suggesting people be locked away in “quarantine camps.”
So I encourage them, now that our American freedoms and liberties have fully returned, to protest all they want but remember: if you are freely protesting a popularly elected leader who won a clear majority of American votes, you are not protesting any kings. You are partaking in escapism over the bad policies and campaigning on the other side.
Please though, don’t let me stand in the way of the Shakespearian performance of a “No Kings Day.”
Sincerely,
Jessica Dieckman
These same folks out protesting some “tyrant dominate King” were quite comfortable, if not happy, to watch residents be locked in their homes, have their schools closed, their churches closed, their businesses be completely shut down, be kept an arbitrary six feet apart at all times, be prevented from visiting their loved ones in nursing homes, be forced to take vaccines or lose their jobs, be made to carry vaccine-passports and be forced to divulge private medical information to strangers through such “vaccine passports”, and be masked all the time for a period of about two years, with no relenting or thought on the economic or mental health impacts! Dare I say that many of these same “No Kings Protesters” attacked those who fought against these king-like mandates rather harshly, with some in power even suggesting people be locked away in “quarantine camps.”
So I encourage them, now that our American freedoms and liberties have fully returned, to protest all they want but remember: if you are freely protesting a popularly elected leader who won a clear majority of American votes, you are not protesting any kings. You are partaking in escapism over the bad policies and campaigning on the other side.
Please though, don’t let me stand in the way of the Shakespearian performance of a “No Kings Day.”
Sincerely,
Jessica Dieckman
It was a joke.
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