cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26767213
this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2025
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I gotta remember this part to say to unsuspecting liberals who think US patriotism is some kind of internal struggle and triumph over racism, rather than the creation of it.
Edit: Corrected on the details. It would seem a more accurate way to say it is that Rushmore project was spearheaded by an avid KKK supporter / white supremacist. See: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7163539/6035893
It's not true tho.
The sculptor worked on KKK projects but Rushmore itself was not funded by KKK.
It's still a monument to wrongdoing but we don't need to lie to make it look bad.
Hmm. Would be nice to have a source to go on in either direction, some kind of details on its funding.
It's well documented, I'm pretty sure whatever source I will give will be rejected as not good, so do the research, it takes a few minutes...
Edit : oh! You did!! Nice!!!