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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 73 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hey, guess what - wanting a historical wrong to be corrected by having a polity live up to its treaty obligations, however belatedly, by ceding a piece of land on which a rather ugly monument exists on and telling the original owners 'do what you want with it' is not the equivalent of volunteering for ethnic cleansing.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Might be a cool opportunity to build cohesion even. What if we (in consult with the Lakota whose land it annually is) build in a few cool people from other tribes too (e.g. chief Seattle, and others from all over the country). That could make it feel more like a monument to all of us.

Generally not a fan of defacing nature though. There's a joke in there somewhere but it's too early.