Let's Blow Up Mount Rushmore

Vice ^ | August 17, 2017 | Wilbert L. Cooper

[Trump20162020]

More than ever, old monuments to famous white American men are being threatened in the name of progress. Naturally, this has become a rallying cry on the far right, with plenty of encouragement from the most powerful man in the world. At the same unhinged press conference in which Donald Trump again blamed both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville last weekend, he also painted a picture of a slippery slope where those fighting for the removal of Confederate statues today might be destroying tributes to more mainstream slave-owning icons like George Washington tomorrow. He lamented this prospect once more on Thursday, opining on Twitter that "the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!" Far-right sites like the Daily Caller have been running with the theme, publishing alarmist takes with headlines like, "It's Time to Blow Up Mount Rushmore."

Which made me wonder: If Rushmore ever did get "blown up," what should those dudes be replaced with? Fact is, I'm not sure there is any American president worthy of being etched into the side of a 60-foot mountain with explosives and jackhammers. I mean, every single one has at least been partially complicit in horrific atrocities.

[luvbach1]

It’s clear now, if it ever was in doubt, that the Left’s goal is to dstroy America as we have known it. They have already progressed significantly toward that goal.

[rawcatslyentist]

South Park already did it.

America _-_- Yeah!

[maggief]

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/10/27/beneath-the-ivy-a-legacy-of/

Beneath The Ivy, A Legacy of Chains

Brown was not the only Ivy League school to profit from slavery

The release last week of a Brown University report detailing the school’s historical ties to slavery has brought to light slave money that other elite universities, including Harvard, took centuries ago.

[wally_bert]

Don’t leave out Pickles.

[RayChuang88]

Shades of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 to 1976, when much of China's great historical heritage was destroyed in the name of Communism.

[hadaclueonce]

Make America look like Detroit.

We can all sit in our mess and bitch.

[DaveA37]

“Mount Rushmore is a national monument. “...

Give me the authorization to “shoot to kill” ANYONE attempting to destroy a national monument, particularly Mt. Rushmore and I will do just that should someone, anyone move in that direction. I have had enough of their bullshit and hope there are others who would stand shoulder to shoulder with me.

[cld51860]

Exactly correct. They are not being stopped and are being emboldened by the day.

[Dick Bachert]

Then it's on to THIS abomination!

[adorno]

Let's Blow Up Mount Rushmore

Let's not be so cynical.

Everybody knows that, by removing statues and monuments and plaques, that racism will stop. There was no racism before those statues and monuments were erected, right???? So, let's go back to the good old days. BTW, was there any racism when Obama and Clinton were in office? Did those statues and monuments exist? Nope! They all were built during Trumps first 7 months.

[dfwgator]

Didn’t Michael Moore already do that in “Team America”?

[LonePalm]

Don't take anyone off Mt. Rushmore, add Reagan and Trump.

I'd PAY to see the Democrats' reaction to that suggestion.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[LonePalm]

Don't take anyone off Mt. Rushmore, add Reagan and Trump.

I'd PAY to see the Democrats' reaction to that suggestion.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Pelham]

“At the same unhinged press conference”

So what flavor of Trump hater is ol’ Wilbert? A lefty Democrat? An establishment Republican? I can’t tell the players without a program.

[AndyJackson]

We've got a little list of society offenders who never would be missed:

Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, the other Lee "Light Horse Harry"

And we need to rename that double-barreled offenders - Washington and Lee University, as well as James Madison Univeristy, George Mason University...

[McGavin999]

Oh perfect! That’s exactly what we need to call them.....The New Taliban

[hadaclueonce]

Let’s burn all the books while at it!

[VaeVictis]

Every US president has been involved in atrocities? Huh, well they should certainly look in the mirror, since they fancy themselves so holy.

[RoseofTexas]

How long before they come after the church and the constitution? I give them a couple of months!! Look for it happening!! The church because of the bible teaching on homosexuality..and the constitution cause it stands on their way of transforming this country into the next communist Russia! We are following that pattern! God help us..

[VaeVictis]

Precisely! This follows the same pattern in Nazi-Germany, Mussolini-Italy, Soviet Russia, Mao-China, etc....

Destroy everything and bring back symbols or create new ones in order to make a strong appearance. When that feat is accomplished, or fails, kill everyone who stands against it next.