Charlie Kirk got this one right: It's the foundation for No Kings Day
Guest commentary
By William Oelfke
I agree completely with Charlie Kirk when he encouraged all citizens to read the Declaration of Independence, for it defines who we are as Americans. We are all created equal and endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
If only Charlie had examined this Declaration more closely, he would have discovered it spells out in candid detail the abuses of the King of Great Britain against us as Americans.
A few of the King’s abuses are listed here:
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has quartered large bodies of armed troops among us: protecting them by mock trial from punishment for any murders they committed on the inhabitants of these states.
He has cut off trade with all parts of the world.
He has imposed taxes on us without our consent.
He has deprived us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
He has excited domestic insurrections among us and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless savages, whose known rule of warfare is indiscriminate destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Today, as we approach the United States Semiquincentennial, we should follow Charlie Kirk’s advice and read the Declaration of Independence in its entirety, after all, it defines July 4, 1776 as the original “No Kings Day”.
William Oelfke is a retired professor of physics and astronomy and a longtime resident of Central Florida.