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Wow! That’s insane (and really highlights how far my local indigenous people have come, the Maōri people)… What a gross monument

Gerard Baker sounds awesome!

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BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah, its a really gross monument to oppression and genocide. It’s tough though, I don’t know how I’d feel about it’s removal, it would be even more damage to those mountains. Wouldn’t be opposed to some cheeky graffiti on it though.

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Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
What?

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- flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Try reading the native how website linked above - it’s a totally different perspective
  
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  - Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Mt. Rushmore has literally NOTHING to do with the Maori
    
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    flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It was meant as a comparison between two countries approach to their treatment of indigenous peoples, silly.
    
    One attempts to pay lip service (NZ), while the other (US) still heavily white washes things
    
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