# 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:** 9
**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 15, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/9 "2025-10-15T20:00:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Is there a thread on this yet? I didn’t find one, but if there is, please merge. There’s a lot of talk about it in the ongoing general thread about peaceful protest, I’ll cross post for you. > [@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/1023939/47): > > I am going as well. It’s important to show up, to let them know that there are a LOT of us angry and not willing to let our country’s principles go without a fight. As for myself, I did mention in the Polls thread (there is a poll about attendence) that I was _probably_ going to go but had concerns. The most minor of these is, yes, the danger than a nutjob will shoot things up, and juuuust above that worry is that someone will drive a car/truck through the crowds. It’s there, in the back of my mind, but it’s really minor, even in conservative Colorado Springs. Why I said _probably_ is that ten days later, I’ll be doing a short trip to visit family and friends in @ThelmaLou 's general area (I’d visit, but it’s a lightning trip and I’m staying with friends, sorry) which means a huge crowd of mostly unmasked individuals and then visiting a bunch of airports isn’t the _wisest_ option. But screw it, we’re masking up (my wife and I) and attending. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993)._