Catching the name- Stone Mountain. I had no idea of it's existence until...

[electric_blue68]

visiting a friend in Athens, GA back in '75. Only saw it from a distance. Woah! While not saying anything I did find it offensive.

Some various comments on some other issues sometime back [sorry for extreme vagueness!] was along the lines that: in Europe you don't see statues dedicated to the defeated in wars (in which ever country/ies).

Went to the web page... 'fun for families". Heh, well a whole bunch of white families.

While keeping the geological marvel that it is... erasing Lee & others off it's face would be fine by me. I suppose a looong way off.

[wcmagumba]

1. I've driven by a couple of times, it is offensive to me. I see it as a monument to slavery...

[electric_blue68]

4. No kidding! Horrific.

[Ocelot II]

2. Yeah, it's kind of Mount Rushmore for white supremacists.

Of course, Mount Rushmore, a/k/a Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, desecrates Lakota land.

[electric_blue68]

3. Heh!

I've visited The Black Hills/Paha Sapa back in '80.