(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . New Day Cafe - Saturday: #HarryAndMeghan [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-29 Good morning Newdists. I’ve been feeling exhausted lately. I’ve avoided the E. Jean Caroll news because it just brings out the worst in me. That entire dance that people dance in public, about whether she’s believable or not, is beyond irritating and makes me difficult to be around. And so I’ve avoided most of the news related to the case. Palace Courtiers, Media And The Haters: As you know, there will be a coronation next week in the UK. I am a sucker for pomp and ceremony and will be watching. How has the UK media dealt with the up coming coronation? By obsessing about Harry and Meghan!! In the meantime you have to ask: how confidence-inspiring, really, is any event that has thus far been defined by about 4,000 articles (and counting) about the attendance or non-attendance of a couple of guests? Nothing says “we’re bigger than that and have moved on” like obsessing over the social plans of two California residents. This event is so inspiring and generational and monumental that the sole thing people can get truly worked up about is how their worst person in the world isn’t coming to it. Surely the one interesting thing about King Charles isn’t his fractured relationship with his younger son? And yet, the tale of the column inches seems to suggest it might be. For a couple we keep hearing are no longer important, the Sussexes do still seem to be the only subject in town. The Guardian. UK media has been having a total conniption over Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle for many months now. And over the last 48 hours, some variations of the hashtag #HarryandMeghan have been trending, on repeat. It’s been crazy to see. Like this: . Running a hate campaign on Meghan and Harry is a billion dollar business model. Here is a very small window of the level of hatred spewed at Meghan Markle and Harry Windsor: x This is what industrial-scale hatemongering looks like. All the stories below attacking Meghan (mainly) and Harry (quite a bit) appeared on the Express website within the last 24H. 44 bile-filled rants in just one day. That's a pace of 16,000 attacks a year. pic.twitter.com/AxgQeF9MP1 — Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) April 14, 2023 Ever since their Netflix serial (which I have not watched) and Harry’s book, Spare (which I have not read), I’ve noticed a real uptic in the amount of Twitter hate that’s come their way. Honestly, I cannot say I am a fan of any of the current royals and affiliates, even though I’m a sucker for much of the pomp and ceremony that the British are so good at putting together. Buckingham Palace put out their invitation image: What I liked about that invitation is the heavy use of symbolism. Here is a decoder. [Town and Country] And pretty much immediately the hate accounts (there a lot of them on Twitter) started to carry on about whether Meghan and Harry had received an invitation and if they should go. As if Harry and Meghan were consulting them! Most hate accounts really did not want Harry and Meghan to go to the coronation, and some did, only so SHE could be booed. And then it was reported from a UK source that Harry would be going, but Meghan would stay in California, and suddenly a whole new hate meme grew with Piers Morgan, Dan Wootton, The Telegraph and others screaming about how Meghan was NOT coming. Here is a parody — x 📞"I am disgusted that Meghan Bloody Markle is going to the Coronation!" 🎙️"She's not going, Colin!" 📞"SHE'S SAID NO? WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS!?" Colin from Portsmouth is furious that Meghan Markle is both going and not going to The Coronation. pic.twitter.com/URgOnaEs2M — The Exploding Heads (@Exploding_Heads) April 14, 2023 Everyday, it’s something new with the hate mob. Every day. I’m certain, there’s a whole other Twitter hashtag related to them today, and it’s trending. I’m hoping, now that WME has taken over managing and representing Meghan Markle [Variety], that she will have a better handle on pushing back against the UK media. Because there was a notable push back and I was happy to see it. x Given that legal letters have been sent by the Sussexes' lawyers as well as the palace's since the story was published, it seems I was wrong in assuming that it came from the Sussex camp. Sorry to all about that. But even more intriguing! — Valentine Low (@valentinelow) April 22, 2023 Newdists, have you read any Jonathan Stroud’s YA novels? I just finished reading one of them. Kind of fun. There’s also a Netflix series based on the books, which I’ve been watching. . Your Cafe kitteh (Yesh, that really is a kitteh!) — x pic.twitter.com/eUAVcgl4LB — Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) April 27, 2023 . interspecies understanding of play x Baby rhino playfully charging a wildebeest before running back to mom...😍😅 pic.twitter.com/i30rp02HS9 — 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) April 26, 2023 . x Black bear mom and cubs pic.twitter.com/yADorJce7R — Dannyboy_westhawk (@DWesthawk) April 27, 2023 . x A swan landing on water. An ability acquired in millions of years of evolution. [read more: https://t.co/9WbyssgCCP]pic.twitter.com/5jlwIFRPrA — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) April 22, 2023 . . Newdists, please grab a plate of food, and a cuppa, and join us in the thread. . . New Day Cafe is an Open Thread. 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