# Help me decide on a sign for the No Kings protest **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 11, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474 "2025-06-11T12:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/1 "2025-06-11T12:43:32Z")
I’m going to the No Kings protest on Saturday. My heart is set on a sign with the [Virginia state seal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Virginia.svg), but my head has vetoed that, as it would almost certainly be interpreted as a threat to the Orange One with possibly severe consequences for me. My next thought is a message to any Service Members who may be appearing (OO has announced he’ll be sending them to Northern Virginia) Saying: Constitution or King? with a picture of shopping bag man and the tank at Tiananmen Square. But I am not sure I’m a good enough artist to get that picture across. And I’m not sure any Service Members who would be there would be old enough to recognize it. What good signs have you seen? What good messages need sending? What disruptive idea can I insert into the Hive Mind? What good trouble do you recommend I cause? Thanks for any and all ideas. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/2 "2025-06-11T12:47:48Z")
Just carry the Virginia flag. Or a sign for the troops “we are not your enemy.” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/3 "2025-06-11T13:02:03Z")
“…protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” - it’s part of the oath every service member makes when sworn in. That’s what I plan to carry. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/4 "2025-06-11T13:05:20Z")
“E Pluribus Unum”, or maybe “Bring me your tired” and we’re all tired! Maybe something from the US military’s oath of enlistment. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/5 "2025-06-11T13:39:06Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > “…protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” - it’s part of the oath every service member makes when sworn in. That’s what I plan to carry. Not just service members but all Federal employees, elected Congresspeople, judges, political appointees, and of course the President and Vice President of the United States take an oath of office to “…protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”. A few of them seemed to have [forgotten about this](https://www.usconstitution.net/trumps-alarming-i-dont-know-on-upholding-the-constitution/), or perhaps are willfully obtuse like a small child being defiant of their bedtime. I think this is a great suggestion. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/6 "2025-06-11T13:50:21Z")
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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/7 "2025-06-11T15:05:25Z")
The two yard signs I had printed are “ **IMPEACH TRUMP** ” and “ **LOCK HIM UP** ”. I’ll pick one of those, most likely the “impeach” one. They are both installed in my yard constantly, in front of the big window with the flag hanging upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/8 "2025-06-11T15:12:19Z")
[My suggestion.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kings-rallies-saturday-june-14th-2025/1019268/10) 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/9 "2025-06-11T15:26:02Z")
Tienanmen Square Tank Man sounds like a good idea like you mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/10 "2025-06-11T15:31:13Z")
I did one for the last one that said: “Morons Are Governing America”. Got some laughs w/that. This time I’m going more serious. I’ve made one that started out with: "IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE’ in nice black store-bought lettering. Using a Sharpie I X’ed out the CAN’T and wrote “IS” and added “ING” after the “HAPPEN”. Then, for good measure I added a copy of trump’s signature and taped the Sharpie itself to the sing. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/11 "2025-06-12T04:11:07Z")
“A republic - if we can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/12 "2025-06-12T04:32:54Z")
I really like the Virginia state seal you posted. I’d go with it. > **[File:Seal of Virginia.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Virginia.svg)** > [@TruCelt](#): > > but my head has vetoed that, as it would almost certainly be interpreted as a threat to the Orange One with possibly severe consequences for me. I think the fact that it’s the state seal would shield you. But I get it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/13 "2025-06-12T05:42:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I really like the Virginia state seal you posted. I’d go with it. I don’t need a visit from the SS. Thanks though, for the ideological support. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/14 "2025-06-12T05:59:43Z")
Mine is a drawing of trump in a crown, with the text Citizens NOT Royal Subjects The other side is a simple drawing of a guillotine. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/15 "2025-06-12T06:09:39Z")
I wish I had the guts to do a guillotine. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/16 "2025-06-12T06:18:44Z")
I live in Bougietown, a Stepfordesque bedroom community, white as bread and stupid as a giant red elephant. On the other hand, God forfend some overzealous cop sees it and now I’m charged with threatening the president. Guess I’ma find out. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/17 "2025-06-12T08:32:22Z")
I suppose there is no **[Khalid Al-Islambuli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Al-Islambuli)** Brigade in the US Army, and it could be interpreted as a threat if you wore his effigy or his name on a t-shirt or a banner that also included the words “I love parades!”, provided the very competent people handling security and such stuff in Washington understood what you were referring to. If they do, you’d be in trouble. So Tienanmen Square Tank Man, but then the Chinese news will not show your protest. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/18 "2025-06-12T09:11:53Z")
Don’t make it too complicated. It needs to be legible and comprehensible at a glance, from a distance: people aren’t going to spend much time looking at any one sign. Over here, there’s usually one wag relying on the all-purpose > **["Down With This Sort Of Thing"](https://www.neatoshop.com/product/Down-With-This-Sort-Of-Thing)** > > Father Ted and Father Dougal from the TV show "Father Ted" with their hand-painted protest signs. These are from the time Bishop Brennan made them protest outside the "nudie film". ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/19 "2025-06-12T09:12:41Z")
How about just a simple crown, in a red circle with a red slash through it? Much like a No Smoking or No Left Turn sign? No words needed; the picture gets the message across. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474/20 "2025-06-12T09:14:10Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > My heart is set on a sign with the [Virginia state seal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Virginia.svg) OK, what about modifying the state seal? Remove the dead tyrant; show the Goddess of Virtue trampling on a large crown; and change the motto to “No Tyrants”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-sign-for-the-no-kings-protest/1019474.md?page=2)