Because it’s being put there as a symbol of malicious triumph over an enemy, not a symbol of reconciliation. Think of putting a mosque on the top floor of the Freedom Tower, a U.N. flag atop Mr. Rushmore.
Understand that the real goal is to remove the carving from Stone Mountain entirely, continuing the total eradication of all things “Confederate”. Since this is practically impossible, other symbolic dominance will be applied.
Understand the real goal to eventually eradicate White Western Culture entirely.
How can a small group dictate a whole nation? Stone Mountain is part of southern tradition. It does not need a poke in the eye. Much time and effort was put into the design of the park.
I am a Landscape Architect. In the late 60’s, while at Griswald Winters and Swain, we developed the master plan for the park at Stone Mountain. For the open meadow at the base of the sculpture, we provided individual landscape settings for each of the thirteen confederate states. The individual designs featured each state’s flowers and trees, along with their individual state flag.
Each landscape setting was positioned and chosen based upon the order of each state’s succession and framed so that there was no obscured view of the sculpture. This was many years ago, and was developed to show reverence for southern history: a history that should not be dismissed.
Because what the NAACP really wants is the removal of the carving on Stone Mountain. Sadly for them Stone Mountain Park is by law a Confederate Memorial and is to be preserved as that and nothing else is supposed to be put in the park. Cerainly not MLK who had nothing to do with the Civil War.
It is really the white southerners that they see every day that really bothers them. So, what are they going to do with the descendants of the white southerners of the civil war days? These people are just racists and need to be called out on it.