# Georgia's Guidestones get partially blown up!

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**Created:** [July 6, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505 "2022-07-06T15:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505/41 "2022-07-10T20:24:06Z")

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There was also that time in San Francisco in 2020 when ANTIFA and BLM demonstrators knocked down a statue of Ulysses S Grant for literally no reason. The various groups at the time said he was a “major slave holder” which was patently untrue, then they had to switch the narrative to “He killed native Americans during his Presidency” which is true but also not the reason they initially stated they tore the statue down for. They were apparently just tearing shit up to tear shit up.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505/42 "2022-07-10T23:05:45Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> A lot of art has elicited that response.

So common there is a name for it.

> **[Iconoclasm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoclasm)**
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> Iconoclasm (from Greek: εἰκών, eikṓn, 'figure, icon' + κλάω, kláō, 'to break')\[i\] is the social belief in the importance of the destruction of icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons. People who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be figuratively applied to any individual who challenges "cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the grounds that they are erroneous or pernicious."
> Conversely, one who ...

(Of course, it is okay if it is _your_ side doing it.)

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgias-guidestones-get-partially-blown-up/967505/43 "2022-07-13T03:02:15Z")

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The Guidestones themselves claimed that there was a time capsule underneath a certain plaque. There wasn’t, although that does not necessarily mean there isn’t one on the property.

> **[No time capsule found at site of Georgia Guidestones, association says](https://www.wyff4.com/article/no-time-capsule-georgia-guidestones/40575157)**
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> After years of rumors about a time capsule on the site of the Georgia Guidestones and a plaque at the site claiming there was one — no time capsule has been found.

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