June 18, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: I, like many of my fellow citizens, showed up at Hopkins Green on Saturday, June 14, for the “No Kings” rally. The majority of us were well over 50 and undoubtedly remember the protest marches and rallies of the 60s and 70s. While the organizers of the rally were undoubtedly well-intentioned, let me be blunt and say that this turned out to be the most enervating protest rally that I ever participated in or saw. I can only speak for myself, (although I daresay that many of those in attendance shared my disappointment), but I did not attend to listen to long recitations of issues that we already stand for.
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