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Why was it destroyed?
A politician said they were satanic. So someone bombed them. People are crazy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-monument-called-satanic-gubernatorial-candidate-destroyed-expl-rcna37039
It was bombed, as some people in our society deemed it "satanic".
Post-2020 republican doomerism
Source: I live nearby
These had their version of the Ten Commandments in eight languages. I suppose it was bombed because mah gud.