Chisel the damn thing off. I’ve always hated that stupid poem. You want to read patriotic ‘poetry’ that matters? Read our founding documents and then show me where we’re compelled by our founders to let third world immigrants over run our country.
“Chisel the damn thing off.”
The ignorance about that poem will, evidently, never end. The poem is not part of the statue, it is merely a plaque placed on it, unofficially, about twenty years after it was presented to the United States by France. Statue has nothing to do with immigration. The plaque can be removed, chiseling is not necessary.
Heh heh, I like Lou Reed’s version better:
Your poor huddled masses, let’s club ‘em to death
and get it over with and just dump ‘em on the boulevard