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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just put it under the sovereignty of the nation the mountain was stolen from and let them decide how to heal it

[–] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is the only correct answer. It's a sacred site to the Lakota Sioux, isn't it? I don't think non-Lakota deciding to blow it up further is any less harmful than what the US has done to it.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

The sacred black hills. It’s where their people originated, the equivalent of the garden of Eden. Even the Supreme Court recognizes that it was wrong to take it, but they’re only offering monetary compensation (which the Lakota have refused to take) and no real land back.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure there's not a single Lakota person that would object to blowing it up

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

maybe the monument itself, but I'd imagine they would be staunchly against damaging the mountain

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago

This is the only way

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yankees be whining about (their false understanding of) North Korea while they literally carved their dear leaders into a mountain

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago

ngl that's what inspired this post lol.

[–] BadAdvice@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SACRED mountain. I don't think people appreciate this enough. This would be like nuking mt.fuji and wondering why the Japanese would hold a grudge.

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Oof wow what a comparison..

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Reminder that while Mt Rushmore is obviously dogshit and insane it exists…don’t worry, Georgia one-upped the rest of the nation:

https://stonemountainpark.com/activity/history-nature/memorial-carving/

(The website sucks and the link doesn’t show the image as I intended, on mobile at least, so here’s just the image from that site: stone mountain carving )

Yup, that’s right, they carved their racist confederate leaders into a goddamn mountain.

That website is hilarious btw.

A FAMILY PARK! WITH HISTORY! AND FOOD! AND A MONUMENT CARVED INTO STONE TO REMEMBER THE GREAT SACRIFICES OF WHITE SUPREMACIST SLAVE OWNERS IN THEIR RESISTANCE TO THE AGGRESSIVE NORTHERN OPPRESSORS AND DESTROYERS OF WHITE IDENTITY! DID WE MENTION THE CORNDOGS AND FUNNEL CAKES?

[–] aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The architect was actually the same for both, and he designed Mt. Rushmore after Stone Mountain. Mt. Rushmore was originally supposed to depict Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Red Cloud, but this racist mf'er convinced the government to use founding fathers instead

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean the founding fathers were abhorrent racists too, not really any different lol

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True.

I rethought it after I posted. Considered deleting. Hoped no one would call me out. And here we are.

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

All good lol

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Another to add to the list. Decolonization is gonna be great.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Not just a mountain, the largest single rock we could find.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Destroy a KKK funded desecration of a spiritual center of the native americans? Shame you need a whole revolution to do that.

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would never be destroyed otherwise.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Evidently...

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

They're still working on Crazy Horse.. saw one of the blasts when I was a kid so many years ago