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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think the Stone Mountain sculpture will eventually come down
Just like with gay marriage the country is moving left on these things. I think it's probably too early to go after Stone Mountain but give it five or ten years and it will eventually be gone.
Warpy
(111,305 posts)too many people are disgusted by the neo Confederates and other assorted Nazi riffraff to leave it unmolested.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)The monstrosity will have to be blasted and chiseled away. It is possible to do. However, we'll have to get rid of the Georgia GOP's iron clad grip on our state first.
Warpy
(111,305 posts)Oh, it'll be a missing nose, a chipped beard, a hat missing a rim. However, it will accumulate.
But yes, eventually even GA will get sick of the massive corruption of one party rule. The change won't happen until some brave soul sues to get rid of those hackable voting machines.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)What an eyesore. Seriously, that ain't art.
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)the material that it was carved from, but that doesn't warrant its preservation. I do wonder if there's a way to partially restore the rockface to what it was, pre-bas-relief, and if not, carve Outcast into it.
Link to tweet
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Ironically, the city of Stone Mountain is a majority black community.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain,_Georgia
The State of Georgia owns Stone Mountain and the infamous bas relief Confederate monument.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain
pansypoo53219
(20,986 posts)safeinOhio
(32,711 posts)One with Confederate soldiers waving the white surrender flag.
LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)One with Confederate soldiers waving the white surrender flag."
Mister Ed
(5,942 posts)Now there's a display of courage and heroism.
HAB911
(8,909 posts)I saw it once and wanted to puke