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French MEP says US should give back Statue of Liberty (www.lemonde.fr)

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago

He is not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Thought that this was a joke originally.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

has the us ever truly stood for the values the statue is said to represent?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on what you think it represents.

It's traditionally a symbol of opportunity, or new start style liberty.

America has, for a long time, been a place of hope or opportunity for immigrants. Not necessarily welcome, kindness, or prosperity, but hope.

With the visibly growing xenophobia this has tragically waned, but even still we have some of the highest immigration rates in the world.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The poem at the base of the statue, The New Colossus, makes its meaning pretty clear.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”