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[–] [email protected] 170 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They didn’t even clean up the rubble

[–] [email protected] 153 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That was intentional, the klansman who built it didn't choose a place that was culturally significant to the indigenous people by accident.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not American, but the isopods that live with me under the same rock weren't aware that this was made by Klansmen

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

iirc they ran out of money and weren't even able to make it look the way they intended. Like they planned for it to have a 5th face or wanted to do full bodies or something like that but they couldn't get it done

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They didn't bother to check what the mountain was made of. The answer was granite.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They thought they knew what it was made of, but took their assumptions for granite

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] kautau 50 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Requires Fascism

I guess if things go south in November we'll be up for Mt. Rushmore 2: The Movement known as Boogaloo

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[–] pennomi 100 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but statues of real people are cringe… and Mount Rushmore is basically maximum cringe by that measure.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reminded me of this song (which is german) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC872j2-PDw

Im gonna try translating the most relevant section:

Get the sledgehammer out, they built us a monument and every idiot knows that this destroys all love/charm. I will hire the worst sprayers(graffiti artists) of the city so that they may further deface the leftover rubble the same night.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wait till you hear about the Colossus of Rhodes

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago

What a fuck ugly pile of shit.

[–] someguy3 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

TBF it was supposed to be bigger.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait. You're telling me they didn't even fucking finish it and people are still mad about the idea of losing it?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They didn't even clean up the blasted off rock underneath it.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I would never have known this without your meme, thanks anon.

[–] SwordInStone 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've seen them before and they are ugly. None of them would have wanted their face there so who is actually being honored?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Teddy did. That's why his face is included

[–] PugJesus 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While Teddy was the self-aggrandizing type who probably wouldn't have objected to having his face carved into a mountain, Rushmore wasn't even proposed until long after Teddy's political career was over.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, Theodore was also a reknowned appreciator of natural beauty, so I could see it going either way.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago

Yes, he protected land like this from developers. He's the reason we have national parks. No way he would have approved this.

[–] dejected_warp_core 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's even worse on a rainy day, if not ironic.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why are Lincoln's snot trails the reverse of everyone else?

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 45 points 2 months ago (8 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I just went to the black hills area and I MUCH preferred the Crazy Horse memorial. If you hate Rushmore then I think you would love it too. It actually means something, looks cooler, and isn't funded by the government.

I find it interesting that nobody else had mentioned it.

[–] PugJesus 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind the Feds funding art. I only mind them funding shitty art that violates local customs and treaties with sovereign tribes. Like, zero redeeming qualities here with Rushmore.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

woooow

How have I never seen this? It looks so sad :(

[–] Freefall 38 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Been there, it is legit underwhelming.

[–] iamtrashman1312 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Me too. I went there when I was 10 or 11, and as a child all I noticed was how incongruous it was with everything. I wasn't awed by it, and my parents seemed sort of put out with how I didn't care for it compared to my sisters.

I'd like to pretend that's some kind of deep political sentiment, but really I think it's just aesthetically displeasing if you don't have a thing for monuments

[–] PugJesus 20 points 2 months ago

I dunno, I have a thing for monuments and I still find it aesthetically displeasing. It's pretty ugly.

[–] Duamerthrax 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Adults get weird when the indoctrinating they and society put so much effort into doesn't take hold. So much so, that they find some mental illness like Autism to label the child with.

[–] EvolvedTurtle 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This implies autism isn't a real thing and that's pretty off base

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[–] Dorkyd68 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even as a young child I was very disappointed seeing it in person. Very underwhelming. The only cool part I thought was looking through the binocular things and spying on other tourists. I was an odd kid whatever

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 16 points 2 months ago

Same thing with seeing the Mona Lisa in person. It's a very small painting against the a far wall in a special room, and that room is packed shoulder-to-shoulder, asshole-to-elbow shithead tourists. Kinda cool to see it in person I guess, but not really worth the effort

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[–] suction 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Mt Rushmore is a very good symbol of the US in that way. Looks impressive in marketing and media, but tacky and small IRL

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[–] bitball 23 points 2 months ago

i hate everything about this damned monumemt

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Who are they, the 4 Hokage?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Controversial Opinion: Giant statues are cool and we as a species should make more of them.

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[–] pyre 20 points 2 months ago

even the entire story around its creation is fucking lame. if this were in any other country, it would be used in 80% of American action movies as a symbol of the oppressive foreign country that's about to attack the US.

[–] TheBat 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does it at least have a secret chamber behind or is that a 'no' too?

[–] SendMePhotos 17 points 2 months ago

That secret chamber is for Team America's headquarters.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Sort of. Not really a secret, just not widely advertised because it was never finished.

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