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Aristus

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46. There is no 'next' on Mt. Rushmore. It's not the National Portrait Gallery.

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 04:13 PM

Jul 2020

Put in your time, and get your mug carved in rock.

Hell no.

More and more, I'm coming to see the sculpture as a desecration of sacred land.

Since there's no way to undo it, I will accept it as a monumental, and not entirely appropriate, tribute to some iconic American statesmen. But there should be no more faces carved on the mountain. Even Barack Obama, whom I admire beyond the power of words to describe.

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Who should be next on Mt. Rushmore? [View all] Cattledog Jul 2020 OP

I think we should leave it up to the locals with what to do with the mountain JonLP24 Jul 2020 #1

None of the above. Shave it down to bare rock leftieNanner Jul 2020 #2

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6

Agree Nt spooky3 Jul 2020 #15

This. CrispyQ Jul 2020 #18

my thoughts have evolved to this position as well RT Atlanta Jul 2020 #19

There you go. dchill Jul 2020 #20

Yes. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #21

*This* essme Jul 2020 #24

+1000 Newest Reality Jul 2020 #29

+10000000 nt csziggy Jul 2020 #33

Can't get on board with that... lame54 Jul 2020 #34

Yeah. Maybe not the shaving down part leftieNanner Jul 2020 #35

I am curious genxlib Jul 2020 #42

Although I lived near there and heard of the monument... lame54 Jul 2020 #44

I confess my family took me there when I was a kid genxlib Jul 2020 #45

I hate these comparisons to the Taliban JonLP24 Jul 2020 #48

What are they going to build in South Dakota?... lame54 Jul 2020 #50

I wouldn't do anything to it JonLP24 Jul 2020 #51

The Black Hills area of South Dakota is one of the most beautiful places I've seen HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #56

+1 mantis49 Jul 2020 #37

Indeed. And with a big apology. To people, to the earth. jeffreyi Jul 2020 #41

Exactly, thanks. txwhitedove Jul 2020 #47

Ding ding ding! Mossfern Jul 2020 #49

+1 GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #52

this Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #55

I would not be in favor of desecrating that site any more than PaulRevere08 Jul 2020 #3

No one. diddlysquat Jul 2020 #4

No one. llmart Jul 2020 #5

No-one Spider Jerusalem Jul 2020 #7

Nobody. They've already studied it and determined The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #8

That's very interesting info. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #13

How about we just leave it alone? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #9

plus 1000 JenniferJuniper Jul 2020 #11

I concur! Greywing Jul 2020 #61

Red Cloud. dflprincess Jul 2020 #10

Have you gone the 17 miles to see Crazy Horse? MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #27

The Lakota are divided about the Crazy Horse monument dflprincess Jul 2020 #32

Interesting - thank you! MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #43

Nobody. Give The Six Grandfathers back to the Indigenous peoples. niyad Jul 2020 #12

+2 (one for each point made) flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #17

Uh-Oh.... quickesst Jul 2020 #40

I have several very annoying features on this machine, including a very weird spellcheck, niyad Jul 2020 #60

I have to be careful.... quickesst Jul 2020 #65

Nobody Siwsan Jul 2020 #14

No one. It is not ours to decide anyway. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #16

No one. There's no place to put another face due to unstable rock formations Budi Jul 2020 #22

We should try to return it to it's natural beauty. PTWB Jul 2020 #23

Let it revert back to nature gollygee Jul 2020 #25

Stop vandalizing sacred Native lands NightWatcher Jul 2020 #26

Father Guido Sarducci. The Wizard Jul 2020 #28

"finda the Popa inna the pizza." leftieNanner Jul 2020 #30

Nobody...tear the whole monstrosity down greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #31

The Six Grandfathers Mt. Is sacred to the Oglala Lakota Sioux. We have no more right to niyad Jul 2020 #62

No one. Caliman73 Jul 2020 #36

Just leave as is bdamomma Jul 2020 #38

Never again alphafemale Jul 2020 #39

There is no 'next' on Mt. Rushmore. It's not the National Portrait Gallery. Aristus Jul 2020 #46

The thing should be blown up. Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #53

Welcome to DU. How do you figure that blowing up a sacred mountain will return it to niyad Jul 2020 #63

I'm not a demolition or restoration expert. Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #66

Funny. Your post started with Blow it up". niyad Jul 2020 #67

Wouldn't you agree that . . . Tom Traubert Jul 2020 #69

Give it back to the Native Americans. That monument is on stolen land. backscatter712 Jul 2020 #54

Cary Grant First Speaker Jul 2020 #57

The monument encroaches on tribal land in violation of treaties Jersey Devil Jul 2020 #58

Rock. hunter Jul 2020 #59

No one misanthrope Jul 2020 #64

Yeah what many have said, stolen land. Give it back. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #68