Celebrating Democracy

THE "NO KINGS" RALLY, taking place nationwide tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, 2026, a must attend or must support for all true progressive Americans, and, arguably, for all Americans. After all, do we not all still agree, even after all these two hundred and fifty years, that what we want in America, what we believe in in America, and what we by damn intend to have in these United States o' America, is government of the people, by the people,and for the people, no exceptions, no compromises? Indeed, people can have too muchliberty, too much freedom, and it can be abused. Laws are necessary to govern ourselves by,and government, above all self government, is necessary. The "No KIng's" rally can be viewed asa celebration of democracy, as much as being a protest agaisnt anti-democratic forces, political and economic. Itis, of course, aprotest against Trump, Trumpism, Trump administration policies, ethics, and morality.For many Trump opponents,their opposition is based not so much on politial grounds, not necessarily on political grounds at all,but rather, on moral grounds. These folks, many arbuably ideologues, have the temerity to describe the protest turned riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021,as more than a political revolt, as an actual instance of violent, treasonous, insurrection, rising to the level of treason, worthy of prosecution and punishment. The constitution identifies three federal crimes: piracy, counterfeiting, and treason. Now, there are more than fifty thousand, and counting. Somebody once suggested, tantalizingly, that every time a new law is passed, and old one ought to be taken off the books. Trump's January 6th insurrection was the purest form of treason, as traitorous as the secession o the confederate states from the United States in 1861. Try calling the secession causing the Civil War an act of treason in any small town south of the Mason-Dixon line,but only if you are prepered to run and hide, fast. If it was "The War Between the States", as is still the prefered name in the American south, then it was a titanic battle, a noble struggle between moral equals,as many would still like to describe it,but which we know damned good and well it most crtainly was not. Every state which joined the confederacy issued it own "declaration of independence", and all these documents listed the attempt by the Union to force the southern states to abolish slavery as paramount. State'srights. The "peculiar institution" would be phased out of existance as the various states saw fit,over time, on their own terms, without being bullied by an overbearing, tyrannical federal government. Thomas Jefferson, who hated slavery but was born a slave owner, thought it could be phased out gradually, with slaves being returned to Africa, to form their own country "Liberia". Jefferson, like most Americans at the time, were convinced that freed slaves would never be capable of surviving in the free world of American society, and would always have to be guided by their fair skinned superiors. Trump's "conservative populism" is nothing other than fascism. His supporters might not be eager to crown him king, but they sure seem to want him to stay in power until well past his eightieth birthday, and maybe forever, dead or alive. You either love or hate Trump. The fact that those who hate him greatly outnumber those who love him is the reason the "No Kings" movement isn't going away. Maybe the country will elect so many Democrats with the midterms that Trump will see the handwriting, take a hint, and resign. Fat chance, but nice thought. The problem? His replacement would be even worse, if that's even possible.