Took only 4 words

It was built on their land without their approval, basically.

… And the sculpture at mount Rushmore was blasted out of sacred stone on Lakota land. Truly an abomination to the native people who essentially live in a third world nation within the United States. But they get to look at the pretty carving of the folks who conquered and oppressed them.

I think those guys also want immigration controls. Retroactively about 500 years.

For a moment I was confused as to whether the top half was referring to the people in the photo or on the mountain. One of those interpretations works as a fantastic bit of irony

Looks like free speech to me

I heard a little back story about this on a podcast a few days ago.

The black hills were sacred to the Lakota and the American Settlers promised they would be able to keep them. They offered them food in exchange for other land. Gold was found in the mountains and the settlers told the Indians they weren’t getting anymore food and basically stole the sacred mountains from them. They later carved the faces in the mountains as a fuck you to the natives. The mountain was named Rushmore after a lawyer whom surveyed the land checking property lines for a settler.

Might not be exact but that’s what I remember.

The original comment is correct.

About the people who came to the US from Europe lol

Fun Fact: Mexicans are often used in Native American films

Sad Fact:

19% of Mexicans identify as Indigenous

1% of US Americans are identified as Indigenous

European powers of course were responsible for the vast bulk of Natives being wiped out in the Americas through colonialisation but US Americans sure the fuck finished them off in US territories.

So whoever commented is related to people who broke into the country and stole the resources

read a book called ” bury my heart at wounded knee” and you’ll find out how screwed over they really got.

I thought the tweet was written by a Native American until I saw the response.

It is funny that the text still works perfectly fine when you imagine it is the native Americans saying it about the European invaders and the desecration of the mountain.

Except it is a bit too late for stricter border control in their case.

Low key though OP was native American and Mt Rushmore was the “shit like this” until they said “libs” then I had to reread it.lol

I assumed “shit like this” refered to carving faces to a sacred mountain before I read the second part. Americans sure lack any kind of self awareness.

Theys the in d ans.