‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
Indigenous independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.
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"I am your king." "Well, I didn't vote for you." "You don't vote for kings." "Well, how'd you become king, then?"
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Charles: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that my ancestor, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."
Peasant: "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
SHUT! UP!
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
One of the single best lines in all of cinema IMO.
“I had more swords than the other guy”
Mummy gave me the crown and we have too much money for anyone to object.
Forgive the Reddit link, the artist has only posted it there that I can tell.
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.