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Selected English essays; | William Peacock

"Popularity is neither fame nor greatness. A king (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own. He merely wields the lever of state, which a child, an idiot or a madman can do. It is the office, not the man we gaze at. Any one else in the same situation would be just as much as object of abject curiosity."

- The Indian Juggler, William Hazlitt
#NoKings

Bookwomble “... which a child, an idiot or a madman can do...“ 🤔💭 Or a combination of all three? (edited) 1mo

IriDas Combo of all three. 😂 😆 😂 1mo

TrishB I read something yesterday that made my blood boil. William & Kate moving house and spending (cd million of their own money to update. WHAT OWN MONEY. 1mo

Bookwomble @TrishB Well, you know, young couple, thrown out by their parents, starting from nothing and building a business empire from scratch with nothing but the clothes on their backs. What a fantastic rags to riches story! 🫠 1mo

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CBee

King: A Life | Jonathan Eig

The current “administration” is evil personified. Every day it‘s a new terror, a new threat, a new worry. They stand for everything that America isn‘t. And anyone who supports this is complicit. #charactercharm #king @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

TheBookHippie Such a great read. I agree. Complicit. The evil happening daily, they love. 1mo

CBee @TheBookHippie I need to read it, but ugh concentration woes 🤪🤪 1mo

AllDebooks That is one of the best portraits of MLK I've ever seen. 1mo

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TheBookHippie @AllDebooks it‘s stunning isn‘t it?! 1mo

CBee @AllDebooks thanks to Google! It‘s called “Martin Luther King, Jr. - spontaneous realism” and the artist is Alexandra Andreica. I was just looking at some of her other art and it‘s just as stunning! 1mo

CBee @TheBookHippie the artist also has a lot of Frida Kahlo ♥️ And Van Gogh. 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie his gaze gave me goosebumps. It's incredible. 1mo

AllDebooks @CBee thanks for the artist info. ❤️ 1mo

TheBookHippie @CBee ♥️ 1mo

CBee @AllDebooks of course 😊 1mo

Chrissyreadit This portrait is gorgeous! And MLK is the only King i‘m ok with in the US #nokings 1mo

JenReadsAlot Great picture. Disgusting current administration. 1mo

CBee @Chrissyreadit amen, sister #nokings 1mo

CBee @JenReadsAlot beyond disgusting. I can‘t even believe what‘s happening most days. 1mo

Deblovestoread Love the portrait! When the shit finally hits the fan for them, and it will, I have no pity. Really liked the book but read it slowly over several months. 1mo

CBee @Deblovestoread it WILL. I have to believe that. 1mo

lil1inblue Excellent post. 🩵✊🏻🩵 1mo

CBee @lil1inblue thank you 😘 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I love this!!! 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🦅✊🏼💙. 1mo

CBee @DrSabrinaMoldenReads thank you! 1mo

CBee @AnnCrystal ♥️♥️ 1mo

Amiable Amen, sister! 1mo

Amiable And also, I have this book —read it earlier this year. I will send to you if you want to give it a go! It‘s a great read. 1mo

CBee @Amiable that is SO kind of you, but I‘ll have to tackle this one on audio, most likely. I just can‘t seem to concentrate on NF in print! 🤦‍♀️ But thank you 💚 1mo

AmyG Fascism sucks. And those who put their heads in the white, sparkling sand….only fool themselves. The rest, suffer. RIP to this King. (edited) 1mo

CBee @AmyG 🙌🏻 🙌🏻🙌🏻 💯 1mo

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Leftcoastzen

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My #NoKings Scottsdale,Az. It was super hot ,even though I love the bigger numbers down by the Capitol, it‘s hard to get in & out of there quickly if you are sensitive to the heat and I am .Was blown away by the amount of people on 4 corners of Camelback and Scottsdale road . People were connecting, passing out water , seniors in large numbers .Bless them all.It started at 8 am to leave before businesses opened. lots of honking as cars rolled by.

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 3mo

BarbaraBB 💕 3mo

uncommonlycozies Imma AZ desert rat too! Born & raised. 🏜️ 3mo

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PaperbackPirate 👏👏💪🏼🚫👑 3mo

KadaGul 🤍💪🤍🚫👑🤍🫡🤍✊ 3mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼😎👍🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲. 3mo

bibliothecarivs 🚫👑✊️ Solidarity, neighbor! I'm in northern Utah. 3mo

Leftcoastzen @uncommonlycozies hello ,desert rat ! I am not a native but grew up here . 3mo

Leftcoastzen @bibliothecarivs I like it up there ! Used to visit Logan & Ogden occasionally. 3mo

uncommonlycozies @bibliothecarivs & @Leftcoastzen hello neighbors 👋😊 (edited) 3mo

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Posh_Salad

A Promised Land | Barack Obama

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I took my time with this one because it's almost 800 pages long. I appreciated the inside look at what it's like to be President and how frustrating it must have been to be thwarted at every turn. Also, I really miss this level of sanity, intelligence and introspection. #nokings

AmyG I miss it, too. 😥 3mo

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lil1inblue

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

I shed happy tears this morning. 5,000 protesters in Marquette. 7% of the county's population. Up from 3,500 at the last big protest. I have hope today.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #nokings #resist

lil1inblue @jari-chan @dabbe @itchyfeetreader @kristy_k @debinhawaii @mimi28
@thebookhippie @jenlovesjt47 @reggie @vivastory @eggs @jdiehr
@thespineview @cbee @julieclair @anncrystal @bellabella @booksandcoffee4me
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TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉YAY✊🏼 3mo

kspenmoll ✊🏻🎉🎉 3mo

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JenlovesJT47 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 3mo

julieclair 5,000! 🎉💙 3mo

dabbe LOVE the word “yoopers!“ ✊🏻💙✊🏻 3mo

Jari-chan ✊✊✊ 3mo

AnnCrystal “Feeling Hope and Pride“ ✊🏼🦅👍🏼🐝💝🇺🇸💝✌🏼💝. 3mo

DebinHawaii Amazing! ✊🏼💛🐝🖤 3mo

lil1inblue @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @jenlovesjt47 @julieclair @dabbe @jari-chan @anncrystal @debinhawaii 🙌 💓 🙌 3mo

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AllDebooks

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One for the #OrangeOne 🤐

There has been very little coverage of the USA protests (so far) today, in the UK press/news. 🤬

#NoKings

IriDas Not surprising. When other countries are protesting against authoritarianism, the US MSM doesn‘t give us a lot of info on them. Except to say, “isn‘t that uncivilized?” 3mo

Leftcoastzen Go to the Guardian, there is a drop down to click for US 3mo

dabbe 💙♥️💙 3mo

AnnCrystal There was very little tv news coverage here in Los Angeles. We wanted updates, but news seemed brief throughout the day... 3mo

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IriDas

It Can't Happen Here | Lewis Sinclair

Twice as many people as last time. This is about 1/20 of the people.

#nokings

Deblovestoread ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 3mo

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GingerAntics

Minnesota's State Capitol: The Art and Politics of a Public Building | Neil B. Thompson

I am absolutely heart broken. Three children are having the WORST day of their lives today, for WHAT? Two children are orphans. Is this really what people voted for? THIS. IS. NOT. OKAY. 68 other people and organisations are on a hit list by this gunman.
NO. KINGS.
End the madness.
#MelissaHortman #MarkHortman #JohnHoffman #YvetteHoffman #Minnesota #NoKings #Heartbroken

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Karisa 🤍 3mo

IriDas Having grown up in the alt-right, I can assure you, this is exactly what they voted for. When 9/11 happened all my family said was “why didn‘t they fly some planes into the UN buildings.” I mean, these people don‘t even care when it happens to a classroom full of children. 3mo

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Deblovestoread It‘s devastating. 💔 3mo

GingerAntics @IriDas you know, nothing should surprise me with the right. They really don‘t care when it‘s a classroom full of children. The only thoughts they have are that they‘re going to have to talk about gun control again, and their prayers are that they won‘t have to. 🙄 Why would they care about this. You‘re right. The 9/11 thing is creepy as hell. Please tell me you have gotten as far away from those nut jobs as possible. 3mo

AnnCrystal 😢🙏🏼🇺🇲. 3mo

TheBookHippie It‘s so so sad. It did not have to be like this. I saw this pure hatred yesterday in our counter protestors. It‘s just astounding. 3mo

IriDas @GingerAntics Yes, I cut them off years ago. But now most of them are dead (old age). It was such a sad shock when I heard their voices coming out of Trump‘s mouth back in 2016. Every interview with one of them is like a flashback to my childhood. Sometimes I laugh because they all are saying the same exact things my family and neighbors were saying back in the 70s. The Right truly has no new ideas. 3mo

GingerAntics @IriDas not surprising! They‘ve been saying the same old tired bs for ages! 3mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie the hate is just astounding. It‘s not surprising, because they‘re very honest about their hate (possibly the only thing the ARE honest about), but the lengths they will go to, the total lack of limits or humanity in their hate is always jolting when they are so open about that. 3mo

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics it is jolting. 3mo

CarolynM 💔 3mo

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