Interesting passage from #Tolkien quoted here as both #anarchist and #monarchist. A man who would follow an absent king.

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2010/11/anarcho-monarchism

Whatever you're doing today, whether you're a #monarchist or republican, I hope it doesn't rain on your parade.

I'm going riding, and there will be no forelock tugging.

Here's a detail from my map of #Shakespeare's British Plays. Happy coronating!👑

#coronation

In my timeline @Guy just asked why the BBC's claim for balance & iimpartiality doesn't extend to the #coronation - prompting a vision of Saturday morning's coverage including a panel of a #Monarchist & a #Republican (UK style not US), taking it in turns to analyse and comment on the proceedings.

On a more serious note: its a very state comment from @Guy which shows quite how partial, the BBC 'impartiality' actually is - the Republican minority is a much larger group than #climate sceptics!

Pub Mate: "What you are is first defined by the things you are not.

My list starts:

1. Not a #Tory;
2. Not a #racist;
3. Not a #Sexist or #Misogynist;
4. Not a #Nationalist;
5. Not a #Monarchist.

That's my current #Top5."

I think I'll nick his #Top5 and start from there. One day I'll know what I am 🙂.

For now...👇

Gosh, that is special!!

The #monarchist league are suitably unhinged about the new $5 plans

"The truth is there is nothing else for him. The world has moved on. He is unelectable in his own seat and the only way back into politics is to be dropped into the upper house. It is a near perfect metaphor for the Liberal Party’s inability to understand that the country does not want the politics it is pushing, does not want the division and the climate scepticism and the appeals to basest fears." #tonyabbott #tory #monarchist #troglodyte #lnp #auspol https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2023/01/21/the-lizard-faced-emperor#mtr

Last November in Paris, #Catholic priest Thierry Laurent, who is closely aligned with the Catholic far right, celebrated a mass dedicated to "the repose of the soul" of Charles #Maurras on the 70th anniversary of his death. During the homily, Laurent reportedly praised Maurras' thought and his movement's rejuvenation through far-right journalist/politician Eric #Zemmour.

It seems the Diocese of Paris has formally reprimanded Laurent for it. In a letter to him, the archbishop's office states that the mass was "unworthy of the duty to teach and sanctify Christian people". However, the only real punishment Fr. Laurent seems to be facing is the same one the Catholic church always uses when a priest does something terrible: transfer to another parish.

Maurras was the antisemitic leader of #ActionFrançaise, a proto-fascist, #monarchist, #integralist organization that sought to restore not only the monarchy, but also Catholic law. Even the Vatican condemned Action Française in 1926. When we talk about #ChristianNationalism, Maurras really was a pioneer who has been an inspirational figure for Germany's interwar far right, France's #NouvelleDroite, up to the alt-right and today's Christian nationalists.

Action Française was founded in 1899 by Catholic reactionaries largely in response to the Dreyfus Affair, which catalyzed a lot of modern French nationalism and gave lots of antisemites leeway to make their views public. AF supported the Vichy regime during World War II and, when the war ended, its paper was banned and Maurras was sentenced to life in prison (he received a medical pardon in 1951 and died in 1952). But AF never actually went away. Today, it's members number in the low thousands.

https://www.liberation.fr/societe/religions/un-cure-parisien-sanctionne-apres-une-messe-pour-charles-maurras-20230110_MM44MKQOIFEKHJJDYW5ITE4NTQ/

See also: https://www.liberation.fr/societe/religions/a-leglise-saint-roch-point-de-ralliement-des-cathos-dextreme-droite-charles-maurras-vaut-bien-une-messe-secrete-20221116_CM6Z27UD4FBFRNPKMH5L3V3DSA/

As of this evening, I can reasonably say I am halfway through #FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes.

This is a game that is *uncomfortably* positive about #imperialism, #authoritarianism, and absolute #monarchy. These issues are present, but not as blatant, in #FireEmblemThreeHouses, and there appears to be a #monarchist streak running through #FireEmblem that goes beyond mere genre convention.

#ThreeHouses #ThreeHopes #FireEmblem3H #Fódlan #Fodlan

@plutus @rubecube12 @ForeignSubstance

The government can go hide with them.

Now is the time to back Reza Pahlavi and restore him to the Peacock Throne. #monarchist

A bit of an #introduction. Live in #Victoria, BC. Retired. Love animals & good photos. Follow #cdnpoli. Also follow #USpolitics (not a fan of TFG). News junkie. Progressive views. #monarchist #ethicsmatter Strong supporter of Cdn democratic institutions & governance structure. Worry about #ClimateChange, #Covid #healthcare system, #housingcosts, & #inflation. #introductions