Christine Lemmer-Webber on Nostr: Similarly, I remember reading A Confederacy of Dunces and pretentious medievalist ...
Similarly, I remember reading A Confederacy of Dunces and pretentious medievalist studies student Ignacius J. Reilly tells his mother that he opposes a democratically elected republic and would prefer a monarchy.
"Ain't nobody ever wanted no king, Ignacius", his mom says, and I thought, well of course nobody ever wanted a king, this part of the book is just silly, that wouldn't happen
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