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Should America tear down the Statue of Liberty?

Should America tear down the Statue of Liberty?


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Amadeus

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Possible reasons for tearing it down:

1) It attracts illegal immigrants.

2) It's French.

3) It doesn't represent American values.

What say you?
 
HELL NO! The French helped us in the Revolutionary war btw
 
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Yeah, and dynamite that **** too, but only after we fill it to the brim with internet trolls.
 
Yeah, and dynamite that **** too, but only after we fill it to the brim with internet trolls.

I'll tell your mother what happened to you.
 
Accidentally voted yes, meant to vote no.
 
If they do that, then this great speech might become meaningless



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Possible reasons for tearing it down:

1) It attracts illegal immigrants.

2) It's French.

3) It doesn't represent American values.

What say you?

The Statue does not attract illegal immigrants, it is supposedly the land of opportunity that does. Most illegals probably do not even know the statue exists. As far as being French, we should be thankful to them for all their help during the Revolutionary War. Without them we would still belong to England. I am not quite sure what you mean by American Values, but if you are talking about the motto, it still applies to all legal immigrants.
 
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I am not quite sure what you mean by American Values, but if you are talking about the motto, it still applies to all legal immigrants.

"Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

It sounds much more like the plight of illegal immigrants seeking refuge. Just saying.
 
"Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

It sounds much more like the plight of illegal immigrants seeking refuge. Just saying.

The only plight illegals face is that they entered a country illegally. Pretty simple...
 
The only plight illegals face is that they entered a country illegally. Pretty simple...

So the conditions of their native land (e.g. if they are fleeing from violence and starvation) do not qualify as plights?
 
So the conditions of their native land (e.g. if they are fleeing from violence and starvation) do not qualify as plights?

Nope. If you want to live here, do it legally...
 
"Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

It sounds much more like the plight of illegal immigrants seeking refuge. Just saying.

The true meaning of the Statue of Liberty and it has nothing to do with illegal aliens or even legal immigrants.

In fact it has nothing to do with immigration at all.

>" The statue was a celebration of the Declaration of Independence. In fact, we don't call it the statue of immigration, we call it the statue of liberty. Lady Liberty is stepping forward. She is meant to be carrying the torch of liberty from the United States to the rest of the world.

And in the proceeding years, that is exactly what she did. And she offered her freedom to France and the rest of Europe, and those countries came up with their own form of freedom, and their own interpretation. That's what other countries do. We have a right to choose our own forms of freedom."<

>" It seems that many people misinterpret the true meaning of the Statue of Liberty. They believe it means that the U.S. wants the impoverished, the poorly educated, and the unfortunate of other nations because of the slogan that is implanted on the base of the statue: "Give me your tired, give me your poor, give me your huddled masses."

Yet that saying was not what the original purpose of the statue was all about. In fact, the original intent of the statue was to give us your folks who are fleeing oppression and we will provide them with an opportunity at a free and successful life. We will give them the opportunity to provide a good life for themselves.

It appears that the "huddled masses" quote was misinterpreted a while back to mean that we want your down trodden, your poor, your unfortunate, your disadvantaged, your uneducated, and we will provide you with a free education, free health care, and allow you to become democrats.

Actually, Emma Lazarus wrote the "huddled masses" poem as part of a campaign to build the pedestal of the statue. The poem was called The New Colossus, and it was written in 1883, and not even inserted onto the pedestal of the statue until 1903 when it was engraved onto the base.

The poem was forgotten and not even a part of the celebration of the opening of the statue in 1883, and it was not until 1903 that it gained much attention outside the original contest to raise money.

In fact, the original intent of the statue had nothing to do with immigration, it had to do with freedom and liberty. France was thanking us for being the first nation ever to make the rulers of their country aware that freedom and liberty was possible. This is ultimately what lead to the French Revolution.

Of course the French Revolution failed ..."<

continue -> Freadom Nation: The true meaning of the Statue of Liberty
 
No.

I get to see her on a fairly regular basis since I work about as far south in Manhattan as one can get without having to swim for it. I like having the constant reminder of what the country is supposed to be about.
 
I can't vote because the "This is the stupidest ****ing poll evah" option isn't there. Sorry
 
"Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

It sounds much more like the plight of illegal immigrants seeking refuge. Just saying.

The statue looked down on Ellis Island where all the immigrants were processed. Legal immigrants. There is a right way and a wrong way. But then the times were different.
 
The true meaning of the Statue of Liberty and it has nothing to do with illegal aliens or even legal immigrants.

I don't care. Regardless of when the plaque was added, the inscription is now part of the statue. Would you opt to change the inscription to something more representative of conservative ideology?
 
I don't care. Regardless of when the plaque was added, the inscription is now part of the statue. Would you opt to change the inscription to something more representative of conservative ideology?

The bolded is obvious...
 
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