Tomorrow marks D Day. That ghastly queen in England will not be at the commemoration.
Way to go France!
(I realize the French may or may not have been intending to snub the British people as well. I don't applaud that aspect. But I'll take small victories over the monarchy where I can get them.) The NY Times says Liz is "fuming." I am delighted.
Her poor little "highness" snubbed? Not nearly enough.
What I don't understand is why people outside that country--or inside--agree to use words like royal or highness without the ironic distance of quotaion marks.
The monarchy is a ridiculous and decrepit institution. There's no place for it at a celebration of one of the great historical triumphs of/for Democracy. (ie, not a triumph of/for a privileged, hereditary ruling class. Ugh. Disgusting.)
If Liz wants to attend as an individual, fine, but if she were invited, the institution comes with her. I am so repulsed by the sight of foreign leaders--particularly ours--bowing and deferring to this symbol of a thousand years of oppression.
Her Majesty. Please. She is not a majesty. She has earned nothing. That family should have been discharged to fend for itself a hundred years ago. Calling her that is a disgrace.
I prefer the sentiment Thomas Jefferson expressed in our Declaration, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . . " -- That was a direct rebuttal to the preposterous "Divine Right of Kings" and a direct contradiction of the concept that there exists a Magisterial personage such as The Queen.
Monarchies are relics of the Middle Ages--that wonderful period of human culture--and long before. Their existence in the twenty-first century is ridiculous. They are an abomination.
I understand why our leaders swallow their pride and adhere to the rituals of this Medieval anachronism. You can't make every interaction with the Brits into a fight about basic human equality. (That should be a given, but if the Brits insist in rubbing the world's nose in the idea of basic equality every time their country interacts with the world, you have to pick your battles.)
So you can't snub the institution every time, but I applaud every country and individual when they do stand up for what’s right and snub her. I get a great big smile every time I see another nick chiseled out of her royal armour.
Go French!
