In February of 2007 I put my face on the Statue of Liberty. I suppose you could say I took liberties with the Statue of Liberty. It was a minor rebellion against what I believed at the time was discrimination from others on a group blog I made the mistake of joining. I don't even remember what the dispute was about. Something about Vanilla (their term for straight people). Even reading the post I don't remember what it was about. But I felt strongly enough to have the Statue of Liberty with my face, holding a non-vanilla ice cream cone.
Now it is 2026 and everything the Statue of Liberty once stood for seems to have been flushed down the toilet by the Orange Menace and his goosestepping minions. Ironically, I believe the original statue design had chains around her ankles as a reminder of our country's history of supporting slavery. The Statue should now be blindfolded, waving goodbye to freedom and have tears pouring down her face.
Let's hope we can all pull together and keep the torch held high and remain a beacon that gives hope.
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