• Blackout
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    484 months ago

    I’ve seen them before and they are ugly. None of them would have wanted their face there so who is actually being honored?

      • @PugJesusOP
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        344 months ago

        While Teddy was the self-aggrandizing type who probably wouldn’t have objected to having his face carved into a mountain, Rushmore wasn’t even proposed until long after Teddy’s political career was over.

        • @[email protected]
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          554 months ago

          I dunno, Theodore was also a reknowned appreciator of natural beauty, so I could see it going either way.

          • Blackout
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            564 months ago

            Yes, he protected land like this from developers. He’s the reason we have national parks. No way he would have approved this.