# October 18, 2025 "No Kings" Protests **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 15, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993 "2025-10-15T14:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 284
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/284 "2025-10-20T21:36:19Z")
I linked this upthread, but here it is again if you want a more general P&E thread on Peaceful Protest options. > [@Why would peaceful protesting be of any use against Trump and MAGA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-peaceful-protesting-be-of-any-use-against-trump-and-maga/1023939): > > The idea of peaceful protesting is that “If we protest, then Trump and MAGA will listen to us and change their ways.” But if Trump and MAGA were like that, they wouldn’t be MAGA in the first place. The whole “point” of MAGA is that they do not care what non-MAGA folks think - especially liberal folks. There have been a considerable number of peaceful protests during Trump’s presidencies - notably right after he was elected in 2016, and also the No Kings protest in June this year. But neither of… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993)._