King George III.1
@georgeiiirex.bsky.social
Make Britain Great Again. Posts here may be a bit wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. Pronouns: We / Us.
#meta tag used for own-voice posts.
Bluesky moderation policies require us to confess that this is a parody account, in case it wasn't obvious.
#meta tag used for own-voice posts.
Bluesky moderation policies require us to confess that this is a parody account, in case it wasn't obvious.
They had no Bill of Rights then.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They had no Bill of Rights then.
#meta I get the point, but there's a lot of misinformation about George III going around, and I find myself pulled into correcting it, even though it all started as a joke. I'm a compulsive researcher.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
#meta I get the point, but there's a lot of misinformation about George III going around, and I find myself pulled into correcting it, even though it all started as a joke. I'm a compulsive researcher.
You would need to get time-travel specialists to analyze this alleged effect. The colonial rebellion ran from 1775 (arguably earlier) through 1783. The first clear symptoms of our mental illness arose in 1788. Cause normally comes before effect.
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
You would need to get time-travel specialists to analyze this alleged effect. The colonial rebellion ran from 1775 (arguably earlier) through 1783. The first clear symptoms of our mental illness arose in 1788. Cause normally comes before effect.
Yes, it is familiar. It's also a made-up quote.
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yes, it is familiar. It's also a made-up quote.
If we had called for the execution of members of Parliament, we would at best have been displaced by a Regent much earlier, or perhaps we would have followed in the footsteps of Charles I.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If we had called for the execution of members of Parliament, we would at best have been displaced by a Regent much earlier, or perhaps we would have followed in the footsteps of Charles I.
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After watching the new Ken Burns documentary I feel bad that I compared Trump to King George III. The King was a much better ruler than Trump.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
After watching the new Ken Burns documentary I feel bad that I compared Trump to King George III. The King was a much better ruler than Trump.
That is an unwarranted insult to us.
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
That is an unwarranted insult to us.
#meta From the posts I'm seeing on Bluesky, it appears Ken Burns is pushing the nonsense that George III was mentally ill during the American revolution. I'm still planning to check the series out and want to see whether he does, or Bluesky people are rewriting it in their own heads.
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#meta From the posts I'm seeing on Bluesky, it appears Ken Burns is pushing the nonsense that George III was mentally ill during the American revolution. I'm still planning to check the series out and want to see whether he does, or Bluesky people are rewriting it in their own heads.
News to us. News to the Whigs and Tories. News to Pitt and North (we presume you mean "prime minister").
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
News to us. News to the Whigs and Tories. News to Pitt and North (we presume you mean "prime minister").
Occasionally claiming he was responsible for the burning of Washington in 1814, when he'd been removed from power several years before. Regarding mental illness as an object of mockery and no doubt thinking they're oh so empathetic.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Occasionally claiming he was responsible for the burning of Washington in 1814, when he'd been removed from power several years before. Regarding mental illness as an object of mockery and no doubt thinking they're oh so empathetic.
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Arsenic administered by our doctors, no less.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Arsenic administered by our doctors, no less.
Presumably so. (Our childhood was over 200 years ago, so it's tough remembering some details.) We knew German from an early age, but our education was primarily in English.
Of course, a British accent then wasn't the same as a modern one.
Of course, a British accent then wasn't the same as a modern one.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Presumably so. (Our childhood was over 200 years ago, so it's tough remembering some details.) We knew German from an early age, but our education was primarily in English.
Of course, a British accent then wasn't the same as a modern one.
Of course, a British accent then wasn't the same as a modern one.
We were born in England, never went to Germany, and learned English as our first language. It was our grandfather George II and great-grandfather George I who spoke German.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We were born in England, never went to Germany, and learned English as our first language. It was our grandfather George II and great-grandfather George I who spoke German.
#meta George III was a limited constitutional monarch and knew it. He didn't show significant signs of mental illness till 1788, by which time the American Revolution had been over for years.
I get so tired of people who love to stigmatize mental illness and distort facts.
I get so tired of people who love to stigmatize mental illness and distort facts.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
#meta George III was a limited constitutional monarch and knew it. He didn't show significant signs of mental illness till 1788, by which time the American Revolution had been over for years.
I get so tired of people who love to stigmatize mental illness and distort facts.
I get so tired of people who love to stigmatize mental illness and distort facts.
We had no responsibility for the burning of Washington. Britain had "done away with" us in 1811 due to incapacity and set our son as Regent.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We had no responsibility for the burning of Washington. Britain had "done away with" us in 1811 due to incapacity and set our son as Regent.
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A reminder George III struck a pact with native Americans - that's the people who actually lived there to protect their land!!!
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A reminder George III struck a pact with native Americans - that's the people who actually lived there to protect their land!!!
Please try to keep cause before effect. Aside from an isolated period of disorientation, the first documented bouts of our mental illness date from 1788, five years after the end of the Colonial uprising. It is difficult to see how that could have affected our governance of the Colonies.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please try to keep cause before effect. Aside from an isolated period of disorientation, the first documented bouts of our mental illness date from 1788, five years after the end of the Colonial uprising. It is difficult to see how that could have affected our governance of the Colonies.
If they had turned him into a constitutional monarch with no power to tax or conduct extrajudicial executions, it would be a considerable improvement.
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If they had turned him into a constitutional monarch with no power to tax or conduct extrajudicial executions, it would be a considerable improvement.
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People on Bluesky seem to genuinely believe European monarchies (well, the UK, I doubt they even know others exist) have monarchs with direct unlimited power to make laws. This wasn’t even true for George III.
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
People on Bluesky seem to genuinely believe European monarchies (well, the UK, I doubt they even know others exist) have monarchs with direct unlimited power to make laws. This wasn’t even true for George III.