Saturday in the park

By Albert DeSimone

I’ve listened to and read many of the comments from No Kings protestors. I believe I can sum it up in one sentence: 

“We hate Trump, and we want to live in a utopian world of love, peace, and kindness.”

Resolve that obvious contradiction and get back to me. 

The optics were impressive, but the whole show looked like an anachronistic remake of the 60s. Most of the people were walking around with their phones taking videos of other people taking videos with their phones. 

It was interesting to watch thousands of people chant “save our democracy” as they participated in one of democracy’s principle  tenets—peaceably protesting. 

There was no sign of disruption from those whom they were protesting against. The so-called “King” made no effort to interfere with the protests.

The last American protest against a king resulted in a war, the Revolutionary War. So where were all the Red Coats? 

It was a beautiful thing. The air was filled with the creaking sounds of “Kumbaya, My Lord” and reconstituted patchouli from coast to coast.

Albert DeSimone is a resident of Bishop