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That forelock-tugging attitude is why I am glad to be the free citizen of a Republic, not the subject of a king.

• defrost 3y ago
  Acknowledging that kings still exist and that HN readers in Canada, UK, Australia, and elsewhere still have them as a nominal head of state is a "forelock-tugging attitude" ? Quite a rush to judgement there.
  • fmajid 3y ago
    Using the term “subject” rather than “citizen” is a dead give-away. But yes, I realize royalist brainwashing starts early and is pervasive in England.
    • defrost 3y ago
      Opening your mouth to change feet doesn't add credence to your claims. "Subjects" is the correct term here as they are not just citizens of single country. You assume forelock-tugging attitude and royalist brainwashing where there clearly is none. None the less no ill will is born, such ignorance is expected from those that spout of their freedumbs when they cannot even fire or prosecute their own elected civil servants.