Mad Rant: Republican Media in Monarchy

Until the amendment of the penalties under the Treason Act, 1351, this sort of disloyalty would have been punished by being hanged, drawn and quartered.

From The Mad Monarchist (6 June 2012)

The Commonwealth and, in particular, the United Kingdom, have been celebrating the historic milestone of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, marking her 60 years on the British and Commonwealth thrones. A time for joy, celebrations, patriotism and national pride; right? Not for the liberal-biased media which has chosen to take time out of their coverage to give attention to the anti-monarchy republicans of the U.K. who, as devoted members of the “Cry Baby Brigade” have been pouting over all the happiness focused on Her Majesty and the monarchy. These treasonous scumbags are surely newsworthy considering that their republican pity parties have attracted hundreds of supporters -in a country of more than 62 million people. Oh they claim of course that there is a vast, silent majority that is sympathetic to their cause, but then one has to wonder why only a few hundred out of a population of tens of millions can bestir themselves to show up to voice their protest against this terrible injustice they claim to be suffering under. As we all know, the real reason is that it is all a bunch of bull cookies!

These people are scum. They are spoiled, stupid, treasonous scum. They live in a land of safety, stability and freedom, provided by the system of constitutional monarchy at the top of which is the Queen and then use the very freedom that system provides to spew their juvenile hatred against Her Majesty knowing full well that they don’t have to worry about being dragged off to the Tower for doing it. And they have the nerve, the temerity, the unmitigated gall to actually frame their silly little cry baby moaning in terms of the people “standing up for democracy all over the world”, meaning places like Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria. Places where people have had no voice whatsoever in their government, no freedom of speech or assembly and where governments have butchered people in the streets for opposing them. How dare they! How dare they compare themselves to people who have actually risked their lives and actually sacrificed their lives (whether you agree with them or not) for the cause they believe in. These members of the spoiled brat brigade in Britain risk nothing to moan and groan and complain about the very system that protects them and gives them the right to moan, groan and whine. And that INFURIATES me!

Everything these trashy whiners do infuriates me. They complain endlessly about how “offensive” they find the life of “privilege” that the Queen and the Royal Family enjoy. Well, exactly what “privileges” are these? I would really like to know. Is it the lavish residences, the horses, fancy cars? Because the royals would still have all of that too even if they were no longer recognized royalty. Unless they are to have all of their private property forcibly confiscated from them (in full communist style) then they would still just be wealthy private citizens. So, what are the “privileges” that they enjoy just by being royal? The Queen has no actual political power over anyone, no one can even be compelled to treat Her Majesty with respect. The royals cannot vote, they have no freedom of speech, no freedom of movement and no freedom of religion. They spend their entire lives carrying out services on behalf of their country, everything they do is scrutinized, they have little to no privacy, their every day is planned out weeks if not months in advance and when they are criticized they cannot even defend themselves. The Queen is also the only one in the country who is subject to double taxation. Exactly where are all these great “privileges” I keep hearing about? Is it the jewels and the crowns and that stuff? Can’t be, because those do not exactly belong to the Queen either. Technically they do but, of course, she could not decide to just take one of the crowns down to the local pawn shop, sell it and pocket the money can she? There are private citizens in the U.K. who are wealthier than the royals with none of the responsibility and a great deal more rights and freedom who do as they please, when they please with no one paying them the least bit of attention. Spare me the “life of privilege” argument!

Another one that really bugs me is the expense of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations at a time of “austerity” and economic crisis for Great Britain. Let me remind all of these “oppressed” republicans in the United Kingdom that right here in the good old republican United States of America, at our last Presidential inauguration, which was held at the height of the economic crisis, American taxpayers paid for a ceremony and celebrations that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. And these were hardly festivities that any person could enjoy considering that the tickets for standing room at the back of the mall (the cheap “seats”) were nearly $2,000 each and they went up drastically from there. Yet, any complaints that it was too expensive for a time of economic crisis were quickly hushed up because the inauguration of Barack Obama (peace be upon him) as the first Black President was an “historic moment” for the United States. Okay, well, a Diamond Jubilee is a pretty darn “historic moment” too I would say considering that in the hundreds of years the British monarchy has existed this is only the second time such a milestone has been achieved. I would, as an American citizen, willingly and cheerfully trade the cost of the British monarchy for the cost of our President, First Family and ex-Presidents any day of the week. Just let me know whiners.

And just why is the BBC wasting time talking to these losers who represent such a pitiful, spiteful minority of the population? Why can the Queen and the vast majority of loyal, patriotic people not have just this one occasion to enjoy without digging up the usual parade of republican traitors who use the freedom the Queen provides to demand her removal? The answer of course is that the BBC is a hopelessly biased liberal institution that cannot help but sympathize with these traitors. However, I may be wrong. The BBC can very easily prove me wrong. All they have to do is this: when covering the inauguration festivities of the new socialist President of France, spend an equal amount of time as in Britain talking to French royalists (representing all factions just to be fair) and allowing them to explain how the republic has ruined the glorious land of France and how much better it would be if there was again a King in Versailles instead of a President in the Élysée. When that happens, I will promptly issue a public apology to the BBC. Don’t worry, I’m not going to hold my breath or anything.

Someone, I am sure, will be saying, ‘yeah, well, what else is new’ or ‘doesn’t surprise you does it’ or ‘shouldn’t you be used to this sort of thing’ and all the rest. Well, no, I’m not surprised but I am no less infuriated just because I have come to expect it. I’m not used to it and I resent that I or anyone else should have to get used to it. Again, I challenge anyone to go to any republic in the world on some extremely historic, special, national celebration and find the media giving the same sort of coverage to monarchists. It doesn’t exist, it doesn’t happen and everyone knows it. These cretins have not a leg to stand on, in my book they are traitors pure and simple and so are their willing abettors at the BBC. I will never learn to accept it and as long as they continue doing it I will continue to be a very, very … Mad Monarchist.