He speaks for those of the French people who feel brotherhood with Americans. They did help us win our independence, after all. They saved our ass before we saved theirs.
And I believe we paid them for their help with our Revolution. Did they pay us for the WW2 assistance-I don't think we asked, but they did rebuild their country.
I don't know how that went. The French Monarchy was our ally to the end of the War for independence in 1783. But when we were getting under way with a new government, the Monarchy was overthrown in the French Revolution, 1789-1799, and there was the Jacobin government to deal with (which the Democrat Party admired).
The story of the Statue of Liberty is interesting to read. It was taken as an inspiration to the French to throw off the Second Empire under Napoleon in favor of a Republic under Liberty. (I disregard the nonsense about it being a work of Satan.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
According to John Marshall in his biography of George Washington, the French interest was to block the forces of Great Britain. Although they had surrendered Quebec to Great Britain, France still had the great territory of Louisiana.
I had to remind people, during the days of "Freedom Fries" and pouring Champagne down the sewer, that without the French, we likely wouldn't have defeated the British in the Revolutionary War. They were getting a little crazy with the..."French resistance" after 9/11 ;p
Ok. I sincerely pray your wish is denied. I am very confused about why you would feel the need to send this worst of all curses for a benign statement. I pray you find a way out of the darkness which prompted this cruelty. Amen.
Thank you for your prayer. I was quoting what Charlton Heston says when he discovers the Statue of Liberty on the beach in Planet of the Apes. Since you brought up the actor, I thought you'd be familiar with that line from the movie. He was cursing humanity. I was not cursing you.
I watched that so many years ago, I didn't remember. I am so sorry I didn't figure out it was humor. Do you see me hitting my forehead? It's concaved. Thank you for explaining.
A French Parliament member is demanding the US return the Statue of Liberty, claiming America has lost its way and no longer stands for what the iconic sculpture represents.
“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’ ” the left-leaning French dip, Raphaël Glucksmann, said during a recent convention of his political party, Place Publique, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. https://nypost.com/2025/03/16/us-news/french-politician-wants-us-to-give-back-statue-of-liberty-you-despise-it/
If that’s his “reasoning” 🇫🇷 is no longer the France of 1886 with imported 3rd world, Paris looking more like LA with homeless, open borders, Illegals bashing in car windows with baseball bats in Calais, military everywhere with rifles (and that was in 2014 during my last visit)
'We want to send more occult symbols to mark territory'
Fuck the greek/roman shit with torches - have an American company make a statue of a American soldier with a gun. That is why America is ....kinda free still, and Europe is not.
You don't get the spirit in which this is offered. It is from those in France who still admire American freedom. Why can't you take "yes" for an answer?
Nothing worse than people giving gifts that they like, but the recipient doesn't.
A pre-paid card works. We'll order what we want.
Thank you very much.
No, thank you. However, we seem to have many removed statues that need to be restored or replaced. We also can look to adding more statues of founding fathers and important Americans.
Perhaps we might have you work on some of those.
PS. What is the deal with standing on books? Gives me a library of Alexandria vibe.
What is the difference between fryheit and FREEDOM? FREEDOM/LIBERTY comes from external sources. fryheit comes from the internal = inherent, inalienable.
Life,free, love, light. These all are connected into man himself.
The best representation is a people actually living it. The Constitution is of monument moment itself.
Sorry, but we're going to need a little more history on who the figure is supposed to represent first. A good bible character or maybe God himself would be a great start.
I love some of the ideas but I'm not sure it goes far enough. My thoughts were:
The Statue of Liberty recast into Trump's likeness and renamed the Statue of Trump.
Carve All Four Faces in Mount Rushmoor into the Face of Trump, and then add another 43 Trump Faces on the same scale (to make it 47 in total); and rename it "Mount Trump"
Rename Greenland "Trumpland".
Empire State Building > Trump State Building
Lincoln Memorial> Trump Memorial
Washington Monument > Trump Monument
Duplicate all 47 Trump carvings in Mount Trump (formerly Rushmore) in the Grand Canyon ("the Trump Canyon")
Replace the "novus ordo seclorum" with Trump's Image wherever it appears- U$D bills, the Great Seal, etc
Paint the dome of the Capitol with a Jan 6 celebration mural
LMAO, I would have felt the same 10 years ago! But no, I'm totally serious. Just have a look at some of the proposals and tell me I'm not on to something.
People love using that word as name-calling. But here's my answer
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines fascism as “a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition”
Populist? Yes. (as in "popular")
Exalts nation and race? Yes
Above the individual? No. Only above dissenters
Centralized autocratic government? No, I oppose all government
Dictatorial leader? No. I want Trump to be able to fulfil his objectives without legal restriction/persecution-by-lawfare. That does not make him a dictator. He was elected by all legal voters.
Severe economic regimentation? No. Nesaragesara is the end of economic regimentation.
Severe social regimentation? No, we will be free to act in a Patriotic way, just not a liberal one.
Forcible supression of opposition? Yes.
I'm a Trump and Putin supporting patriot. If that makes me a fascist, or partially fascist, so be it. But it doesn't.
"A New Statue of Liberty, much bigger, made out of titanium to withstand millions of years.
We, the French people, are going to make it again !"
Make it make sense ;p
He speaks for those of the French people who feel brotherhood with Americans. They did help us win our independence, after all. They saved our ass before we saved theirs.
And I believe we paid them for their help with our Revolution. Did they pay us for the WW2 assistance-I don't think we asked, but they did rebuild their country.
I don't know how that went. The French Monarchy was our ally to the end of the War for independence in 1783. But when we were getting under way with a new government, the Monarchy was overthrown in the French Revolution, 1789-1799, and there was the Jacobin government to deal with (which the Democrat Party admired).
The story of the Statue of Liberty is interesting to read. It was taken as an inspiration to the French to throw off the Second Empire under Napoleon in favor of a Republic under Liberty. (I disregard the nonsense about it being a work of Satan.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty
I think the French helping 🇺🇸 win independence had a lot to do with their centuries of fighting 🇬🇧
According to John Marshall in his biography of George Washington, the French interest was to block the forces of Great Britain. Although they had surrendered Quebec to Great Britain, France still had the great territory of Louisiana.
I had to remind people, during the days of "Freedom Fries" and pouring Champagne down the sewer, that without the French, we likely wouldn't have defeated the British in the Revolutionary War. They were getting a little crazy with the..."French resistance" after 9/11 ;p
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Germans?
Forget it. He's rolling.
You're going on double secret probation for that!
You were in the war?
No. Homo. Much better now though.
it will look like Trump with an eagle on his shoulder and a sword in his hand....
That doesn't look like Trump. It looks like Charleston Heston.
Damn you all to hell
Ok. I sincerely pray your wish is denied. I am very confused about why you would feel the need to send this worst of all curses for a benign statement. I pray you find a way out of the darkness which prompted this cruelty. Amen.
Thank you for your prayer. I was quoting what Charlton Heston says when he discovers the Statue of Liberty on the beach in Planet of the Apes. Since you brought up the actor, I thought you'd be familiar with that line from the movie. He was cursing humanity. I was not cursing you.
I watched that so many years ago, I didn't remember. I am so sorry I didn't figure out it was humor. Do you see me hitting my forehead? It's concaved. Thank you for explaining.
Omega Man Charlton Heston or Moses Charlton Heston?
Ben Hur
They look very alike, IMHO
It should, yes.
Why is it so important for France to gift us some iconic symbol?
Who's paying for "titanium" ??? Let alone ANY material to make ANYTHING?
The Statue of Liberty was made in the image of satan. Why would we want another single thing from you?
Why now? Why is this even a thing and why NOW?
WHO initiated this entire idea???
A French Parliament member is demanding the US return the Statue of Liberty, claiming America has lost its way and no longer stands for what the iconic sculpture represents.
“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’ ” the left-leaning French dip, Raphaël Glucksmann, said during a recent convention of his political party, Place Publique, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. https://nypost.com/2025/03/16/us-news/french-politician-wants-us-to-give-back-statue-of-liberty-you-despise-it/
Take the opportunity to give it back anyway.
Do not double down on error just because it is being offered against opposition now.
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If that’s his “reasoning” 🇫🇷 is no longer the France of 1886 with imported 3rd world, Paris looking more like LA with homeless, open borders, Illegals bashing in car windows with baseball bats in Calais, military everywhere with rifles (and that was in 2014 during my last visit)
Melt it down and send it back in blobs.
100,000%
u/#catdance
Stop. We don't want anymore giant "zodiac god" statues from France.
'We want to send more occult symbols to mark territory'
Fuck the greek/roman shit with torches - have an American company make a statue of a American soldier with a gun. That is why America is ....kinda free still, and Europe is not.
You don't get the spirit in which this is offered. It is from those in France who still admire American freedom. Why can't you take "yes" for an answer?
Nothing worse than people giving gifts that they like, but the recipient doesn't. A pre-paid card works. We'll order what we want. Thank you very much.
That's what I'm saying. Keep it in France.
No, thank you. However, we seem to have many removed statues that need to be restored or replaced. We also can look to adding more statues of founding fathers and important Americans.
Perhaps we might have you work on some of those.
PS. What is the deal with standing on books? Gives me a library of Alexandria vibe.
Not "books". Just some kind of plinth.
Purr, you're a dynamo. And in my opinion, spot on, always. I resent the statue of Liberty and always have.
sick Barron statue
What is the difference between fryheit and FREEDOM? FREEDOM/LIBERTY comes from external sources. fryheit comes from the internal = inherent, inalienable.
Life,free, love, light. These all are connected into man himself.
The best representation is a people actually living it. The Constitution is of monument moment itself.
Sorry, but we're going to need a little more history on who the figure is supposed to represent first. A good bible character or maybe God himself would be a great start.
no thanks, Americans can make our own statues with our own values.
i would love to see the statue of Liberty ripped down, it's got evil all over it.
Why would we want a huge French gay sculpture?
I'm sure San Francisco would love that.
Arnold Schwarzenegger????
Mr "fuck your freedom" himself.
"He be erased..." according to the latest list I ran across.
This is already happening domesitcally on a grand scale https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-airport-trump-day-gop-loyalists-try-to-turn-adulation-into-law/ar-AA1zOCIw?ocid=BingNewsVerp&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
I love some of the ideas but I'm not sure it goes far enough. My thoughts were:
The Statue of Liberty recast into Trump's likeness and renamed the Statue of Trump.
Carve All Four Faces in Mount Rushmoor into the Face of Trump, and then add another 43 Trump Faces on the same scale (to make it 47 in total); and rename it "Mount Trump"
Rename Greenland "Trumpland".
Empire State Building > Trump State Building
Lincoln Memorial> Trump Memorial
Washington Monument > Trump Monument
Duplicate all 47 Trump carvings in Mount Trump (formerly Rushmore) in the Grand Canyon ("the Trump Canyon")
Replace the "novus ordo seclorum" with Trump's Image wherever it appears- U$D bills, the Great Seal, etc
Paint the dome of the Capitol with a Jan 6 celebration mural
White House > Trump House
Just spitballing. But a man can dream
I can’t support this but it’s a hilarious thought all the same. Much kek were had.
Ok, I think I see what you're doing, but calling Poe's Law.
LMAO, I would have felt the same 10 years ago! But no, I'm totally serious. Just have a look at some of the proposals and tell me I'm not on to something.
Not just this, but all your posts.
Either you're trying to make us all look bad by agreeing with what are blatantly fascist ideals, or you're simply a fascist.
People love using that word as name-calling. But here's my answer
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines fascism as “a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition”
Populist? Yes. (as in "popular")
Exalts nation and race? Yes
Above the individual? No. Only above dissenters
Centralized autocratic government? No, I oppose all government
Dictatorial leader? No. I want Trump to be able to fulfil his objectives without legal restriction/persecution-by-lawfare. That does not make him a dictator. He was elected by all legal voters.
Severe economic regimentation? No. Nesaragesara is the end of economic regimentation.
Severe social regimentation? No, we will be free to act in a Patriotic way, just not a liberal one.
Forcible supression of opposition? Yes.
I'm a Trump and Putin supporting patriot. If that makes me a fascist, or partially fascist, so be it. But it doesn't.
Well, yes, your views are absolutely indicative of fascism, but if you want to convince yourself that's a good thing, I can't stop you.
Cool statue! Always down for more greco-roman architecture and symbolism for America!
Would be a great addition to a revitalized and reborn America!
We need something in titanium, agreed.
I like their suggestion. But it needs a little bit more of this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/ArnoBrekerDiePartei.jpg/1280px-ArnoBrekerDiePartei.jpg
And honestly a little bit of this, too: https://www.geocities.ws/mistressmordsith/faithofthefallen.jpg
Prometheus with the Lion of Judah.
Well, if the foundry would like to gift our country with that statue, I think it would be absolutely lovely, thank you very much.