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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 28 minutes ago

Oh my god I just said this the other day. It would be very funny if that somehow happened and they sent it back to France. We really don't deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"We changed it to reflect who we are now."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“It’s a Roman salute!”

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which was very specifically adopted by the fascists in Italy.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And the fascists in Germany.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the fascists in the US

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I hate Illinois Nazis

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

From the fascists in Italy, yes. It just explains why a Roman salute was used to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

That is... accurate.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an American I support this move. Every fucking day they should have to answer for why we lost the very fucking symbol of freedom.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

I agree. We dont deserve it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ngl I love this energy.

I’m very serious when I say this: France should make this a core part of their foreign relations strategy with the US for as long as orangeboi keeps talking and perhaps planning to try to take over Greenland and Canada. It’s both hilarious and deeply appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago

I love the thought of one of the new french submarines sneaking over, tying a big rope aroud the statue, and towing it home.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Clean the american grime off (the green copper oxidation) when you get it back

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The oxidation is what's keeping it together, if you clean the oxide off and don't seal it then it oxidizes again and takes material with it. It's similar as to why stainless lasts so long.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I would certainly hope some kind of sealant would be used. It would be astounding to see it fully polished and shining in full sunlight.

Probably wont happen in my lifetime though, or likely ever.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The issue is you need to recoat sealants every 10-15 years, you only need to chat oxide every 50 to 100 to access damage and most of the damage is on the internal iron structure that the dielectric force is slowly eating at a faster rate then the copper skin.

There was a bunch of news about it around iirc 1980 when they cleaned sections to rebuild the inner scaffold in some areas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, isn't that kind of symbolic though? France does regular maintenance on their democracy, we wait until it's on the verge of irreparable corruption before we (hopefully) go in and fix it before it collapses

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

I mean maybe but we did that already out was the 1980s and they had to shut down and iirc permanently close the torch lookout.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Oof, yeah that is problematic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The oxidation makes it cool imo

Like a testament to time (which is kinda ironic given the us democracy failed that)

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She is definitely an immigrant so ICE will take care of it. No doubt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Doesn’t the plaque there even specifically focus on an incredibly open immigration policy?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

What the fuck is happening to our country? In what timeline did we ever see a future where we would lose the Statue of Liberty???

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's even funnier is that the MEP in question was (probably falsely) accused of being paid by the CIA to be a pro-american mole in the French Left last year

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

That is even funnier!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

I don't know the story, but if I were a CIA plant I'd do something similar. It's loud and obnoxious, but it's just a gesture and it wouldn't actually hurt my bosses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Putting us a same intellectuel level as American is not what I call a great move for French left...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm surprised she hasn't up and left.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I mean, her feet are chained. Which also feels appropriate…

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump deports her for domestic terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Deports her....

from France?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

I meant the Statue of Liberty. Lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

He's been trying to deport the Native Americans, I'm sure he'll try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Please, we've been MUCH worse people between then and now, you ain't seen nothing yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

"Give it back so we can burn it"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

If its possible, that would be hilarious and deserved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

omg I was yapping to my french friends about France maybe doing this, and here we are!

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