Tea at Trianon: Leftists Call to ‘Kill Nazis’ Days After Charlie Kirk’s Death and They Mean Republicans

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Leftists Call to ‘Kill Nazis’ Days After Charlie Kirk’s Death and They Mean Republicans

From Direct Line News:

The No Kings rallies hit city after city. And what did we see? Posters screaming “I WANT TO KILL NAZIS.” When reporters asked, “Who do you mean by Nazis?” they didn’t hesitate, “Republicans.”
I wish I were kidding.
This wasn’t a one-off. The footage is everywhere. Protesters in masks, waving handmade signs that look straight out of some dystopian satire, shouting about killing ICE agents and conservatives. These aren’t trolls on the internet. These are people in the streets, on camera, saying violence is justified if the target votes differently from they do.
And here’s the irony: this was supposed to be the weekend of reflection.
Even The Atlantic’s David Brooks, their “center-right” mascot, went on MSNBC to play philosopher. Brooks said the No Kings protests are “a spontaneous expression of democratic passion.” He called it “messy but necessary.” Great. So was the French Revolution. That didn’t exactly end well either.
Meanwhile, Robert De Niro jumped on MSNBC to remind everyone why he’s become the left’s favorite angry uncle. He called Trump a “bully,” compared Stephen Miller to Goebbels, and dropped a few F-bombs for emphasis. De Niro says he’s just “fighting for democracy.” But let’s be real, this wasn’t about democracy. It was about feeding a mob.
De Niro’s interview poured gasoline on a fire that was already burning hot. You could see the crowd’s energy shift in the coverage that followed. “We have to fight!” he shouted, and they did. Only their definition of “fight” keeps getting broader. It’s not just Trump anymore. It’s Republicans. It’s ICE agents. It’s anyone who doesn’t sign on to the latest protest slogan.
Charlie Kirk’s death should have been a turning point, a moment to ask what all this rage is doing to our country. He was a controversial guy, sure. But even the left admitted he didn’t deserve the hate he got. For a brief second, people talked about grace. Then the weekend came, and grace went right out the window.
Let’s not sugarcoat this: the No Kings protests aren’t about civil discourse anymore. They’ve turned into emotional rallies where violence gets romanticized as resistance. Brooks calls it a “distributed movement.” That’s a polite way of saying chaos without accountability. (Read more.)