I’ve seen this in person. That rock was beautiful without it (still is, just less so). But this photo captures not only how it’s a toy-scale Mt. Rushmore knock-off1, but it’s just fucking ugly. Not good art, not a good monument, not a good memorial, not good execution, and not even the best material choice for such a thing. And that’s besides the fact that it’s a giant middle-finger to social progress, Civil Rights, and everything that prompted it’s creation. Plus, the only way to get rid of it is to use dynamite to make an even bigger fucking hole in the middle of the tallest natural thing in the area. What a waste.
That said, it’s a nice day hike up to the top, but do check the weather report. When I went, Atlanta smog obscured the view.
1 - Said mountain is also a travesty when you get into the history of it.
The same KKK enthusiast who defaced Six Grandfathers to make Mount Rushmore was the original sculptor for Stone Mountain, but he quit because even the Klan, who was funding the whole thing, thought he was too much of an asshole.
I am from northern metro Atlanta, and I’d like to request the giant flag owned by the literal KKK in Dahlonega be his next target.
Good news, Atlanta man! There is a 1.5 hour road trip waiting for you up north. Get ready for the adventure of your life!
Easier said than done. It remains under armed guard and you have to cross a large field to get to it.
Use a drone with a lighter attached
Bring in the mortars and canons, boys.
Bring in the sculptors and reshape them in to MLK, Susan B Anthony, and Harvey Milk. Watch the good ol’ boys squirm.
If we’re bringing in artillery, I propose we move to a bigger monument to white supremacy
I’ve seen this in person. That rock was beautiful without it (still is, just less so). But this photo captures not only how it’s a toy-scale Mt. Rushmore knock-off1, but it’s just fucking ugly. Not good art, not a good monument, not a good memorial, not good execution, and not even the best material choice for such a thing. And that’s besides the fact that it’s a giant middle-finger to social progress, Civil Rights, and everything that prompted it’s creation. Plus, the only way to get rid of it is to use dynamite to make an even bigger fucking hole in the middle of the tallest natural thing in the area. What a waste.
That said, it’s a nice day hike up to the top, but do check the weather report. When I went, Atlanta smog obscured the view.
1 - Said mountain is also a travesty when you get into the history of it.
The same KKK enthusiast who defaced Six Grandfathers to make Mount Rushmore was the original sculptor for Stone Mountain, but he quit because even the Klan, who was funding the whole thing, thought he was too much of an asshole.
You gotta be more of a Blitch man
John Moses Browning has a plan for you
Everybody sleeps
(Pete didn’t mean it like how I mean it btw)
I sometimes daydream about shooting a rocket launcher at Stone Mountain.