Why has this un-American poem not been excised?

[malthaussen]

The New Colossus


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!"

-- Emma Lazarus

Given the current political climate, I for one am aghast that such blatantly un-American sentiments should remain graven on a National Monument. Why has the GOP not taken the necessary steps to remove it? It's got to be either Communist or Terrorist, after all.

-- Mal

[Buzz Clik]

1. Perhaps you should start a movement to remove the monument in its entirety.

[earthside]

2. This is the 21st century.

Times change.

We are filled-up.

Indeed, we (the U.S.A.) is probably about 100-to-150 million people over the level of sustainability.

The poem expresses a sentiment from a time when this country could celebrate mass immigration. However, like the horse and buggy, history has proceeded and circumstances have changed, if not our essential principles about freedom and liberty.