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The foreign creators of the statue put the words of a poet of questionable allegiance on there to reflect how they wanted America to act.
by jimmyk 10y ago
The foreign creators of the statue put the words of a poet of questionable allegiance on there to reflect how they wanted America to act.
- mcphage 10y agoA former Secretary of State and Attorney General commissioned the poem from an American poet to raise funds for the American built pedestal, and it wasn't placed on there until years later when her American friend convinced Americans to do so. So... I don't know what the fuck you think you're talking about.
- jimmyk 10y agoI'm glad you actually looked up what happened. Now would you please revise your original statement to read: >the poet's Washington and New York elite friends put them on the statue to make European immigrants feel warm and fuzzy inside. And then explain to me what that's got to do with what the average American thought about immigration, and then after that explain to me what that's got to do with how we should feel about importing tens of millions of non-European immigrants and throwing billions of dollars of welfare at them today. Thanks in advance.