The only people that care about the British Royals are Tories and Republicans

[tenderfoot]

There, I said it.

Flame away.

[Autumn]

1. From what our Democratic president Biden had to say I think you are wrong. He and other

Democrats seem to care.

[Abnredleg]

2. I'm neither

yet I have no objections to the royal family. I don’t dote on them, nor do I have any illusions about colonialism, but I don’t object to the current members (other than Andrew, of course).

[usedtobedemgurl]

3. I grew up in a Canadian all girls Vatholic school...

We had the queen and the pope on the wall. Even though we were a brownie group of log cabin campers, the leaders had a tv and we all watched Diana get married. Later, Diana would.visit our children’s hospital. It was covered extensively. To this day, I still know all the words to God Save The Queen. I am liberal, and I care.

[maxsolomon]

4. My wife is 100% British - both parents were immigrants.

she's never voted for a Repuke in her life.

she and my stepdaughter both care about the Queen's passing.

I'm Irish-descended, and I don't bear her or the Royals any particular animosity. She wasn't actively evil.

[Big Blue Marble]

5. Many Scots certainly seemed to care today.

And last I checked, they are mostly Liberals and not at all Republicans. They loved their Queen who loved them back.

[Phoenix61]

6. Nope. You are wrong. nt

[Thomas Hurt]

7. The Queen was/is a historical figure for me.

Otherwise they are celebrities and I just don't care about their function, dysfunction. Whether the UK should relieve themselves of the largely ceremonial monarch is up to them. I don't live there, I am not a citizen, not really any of my business.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. ...

[SergeStorms]

9. Or just ignore the thread.

No flaming needed.

[secondwind]

13. Hear, hear .....

[ripcord]

25. The thread itself is a flame

[SergeStorms]

26. Doesn't mean....

you have to stick your hand in it.

[Treefrog]

10. I'm. dem, and a British citizen

I'll quote my cockney dad.

Sod off.

[Raine]

11. Whatever 🙄 nt

[secondwind]

12. The Queen was affiliated with 600 charitable institutions.

She had a big ❤️. She cared very much.

[sarisataka]

14. Well,

[we can do it]

15. Not true

[Kingofalldems]

16. Can the media pause the coverage....

to look into why Trump showed up in DC wearing golf shoes?

[tenderfoot]

17. But they'll have to cover Jackson, MS. Climate Change and other shit that actually matters.

eom

[Hortensis]

18. Don't forget those DUers who "have a hair" on this topic.

Gotta include them.

It'd be interesting to study any other commonalities between them. Inability to accept that it's okay for "pursuit of happiness" to mean different things to different people and in different cultures? The level of fervor, secular or religious, some seem to bring to the topic?

Belief that they should disapprove passionately of the choices majorities of free, sovereign voters in another nation make for their own (parliamentary) democracy? Is this how they, like the Republicans, see themselves supporting democracy?

[Dorian Gray]

19. HAH

I need some popcorn for this one.

[Elessar Zappa]

20. I don't think so.

Ask Joe Biden.

[Ocelot II]

21. You are wrong. Do I "care" about the royal family in particular?

Not especially, at least not personally, since I don't know any of them. But I do commiserate with them at the loss of their loved one, since I know how it feels to lose an elderly parent; the Queen was, after all, a mother and a grandmother. And I and many other Americans, including Democrats, acknowledge and respect that the people of the UK are mourning the death of their head of state, the only queen they've known for 70 years. Not all of those people are Tories by any stretch of the imagination. About 35% of the British population favor abolishing the monarchy, but the majority don't. Your statement is simply false.

[obamanut2012]

22. I'm a Marxist, and I do

I find it very interesting.

[BannonsLiver]

23. Broad generalizations are usually pretty dumb.

[inthewind21]

24. Cared enough

to take the time to post about them.

[nolabear]

27. Well bless your heart.