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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 50 points 4 months ago

It should be given back to the natives, with reparations. I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to remove the faces and attempt to restore it.

[-] ealoe@ani.social 17 points 4 months ago

We'll start by giving them back your house

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 73 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hey, guess what - wanting a historical wrong to be corrected by having a polity live up to its treaty obligations, however belatedly, by ceding a piece of land on which a rather ugly monument exists on and telling the original owners 'do what you want with it' is not the equivalent of volunteering for ethnic cleansing.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Might be a cool opportunity to build cohesion even. What if we (in consult with the Lakota whose land it annually is) build in a few cool people from other tribes too (e.g. chief Seattle, and others from all over the country). That could make it feel more like a monument to all of us.

Generally not a fan of defacing nature though. There's a joke in there somewhere but it's too early.

[-] zaph@sh.itjust.works 46 points 4 months ago

If that's what it takes to make reparations happen I'll gladly give mine. Thankfully that isn't what reparations would require so you just look like a racist asshole.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 points 4 months ago

Another example of why downvotes are sometimes necessary. All they'll care about is the six people that agreed with them

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

So where would you go?

[-] SkyeStarfall 43 points 4 months ago

I don't see any houses on the mountain

[-] Rozauhtuno 16 points 4 months ago
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