Someone skipped American History.. Maybe home schooled?

[LiberalArkie]

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. Skipped 'school' entirely.

[Aristus]

2. Exactly how stupid is this ass-siphon?

I learned about the Statue of Liberty’s French origin when I was, like, six years old.

It’s a little annoying when American ‘patriots’ (🙄 ) , don’t know anything about American history.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Did A Bbok Report On Martholdi...

...when I was in 4th grade. I was 9. A full book report on the FRENCH GUY who designed & built the statue of liberty.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Conservatively, he is right wing stupidly conservative.

This is how he bills himself on Xitter:

Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC
Host of the nationally syndicated Jesse Kelly Show.
Host of ‘I’m Right’ on The First.
Anti-Communist.
World Famous Author.

Wikipedia:

The Jesse Kelly Show (formerly known as America Now and The Buck Sexton Show) is a three-hour early evening conservative talk radio show hosted by Jesse Kelly, and carried by Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc.

[sarchasm]

23. Never heard of 'world famous author' Jesse Kelly.

.

[LudwigPastorius]

50. Now he is "World Famous Cretin".

[lastlib]

28. I would call this "weapons-grade, faceplant-into-desk" stoopid.

Jesus Henry Christ. How do they remember to breathe??

[FakeNoose]

3. Not only was Liberty designed and made in France

... there's also an exact replica in France, that is smaller. I believe the smaller version was a trial run to get the dimensions right before the molds were created for the full-size version.

Thank you France, for this enduring symbol of our "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite"!

[Grokenstein]

27. The Statue of Liberty in Japan!

When I was stationed in northern Japan back in the '90s, I went for a drive in the countryside and found a 1/4 scale Statue of Liberty sticking up over the trees in (what appeared to be) a remote field. Couldn't find an open route to get closer, but I see now from the map on the online site that I would have had to go around a lake, into town, and come back west to reach it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. I've been to both.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Must be fabulous to be ignorant and stupid

At the same time. NOT.

[Caliman73]

49. Unfortunately those who are ignorant are often the most confident in their "knowledge".

When you have knowledge, and are curious, you will first find that even though you know a lot, there is a lot more out there that you absolutely don't know, and that there is little of which you can be absolutely certain. It is humbling and frustrating at times.

People who tend to be ignorant and incurious are often satisfied with what they "know" and certain about their correctness. They also expect to be, and are often granted equal weight in their opinions in media or social narrative.

[Ferrets are Cool]

52. You are correct.

[fierywoman]

5. I was at a dinner the other day and a young woman who had just spent her

6 months abroad in Rome said that, "They say Venice is over hyped." ("They" hadn't bothered to visit it.)

(I lived there for 7 years ... Venezia, OVERHYPED ?!?!?!?" )

It was all I could do not to strangle her.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. It Wasn't My Favorite City, There

But, overhyped it is not. Gorgeous & charming.
My favorite story of locals putting up with my pidgin Italian with a Sicilian dialect happened in Venezia.

[fierywoman]

16. I also had an experience (before I lived there) where I loathed and despised

every breath I took there -- it's a quirky place, for sure! BTW, the locals think that anything at the other end of the bridge is "la provincia" -- the provinces -- (London, Paris, Rome ...) So I can imagine their attitude at your Sicilian accent!

[greatauntoftriplets]

29. I adored Venice since I arrived and walked down the steps of the train station.

So I went back some years later. It's amazing. Anyone who thinks it's "over-hyped" had already decided he was going to hate it and nothing would change his mind.

[Permanut]

19. Exceptionalism at its ugliest.

[Ocelot II]

6. It comes from France.

[malaise]

9. This deservesves an

OMFG

Happy Holidays 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄

[NNadir]

10. Si je me souviens bien...

[LiberalLovinLug]

11. That's the Freedom Statue!

[PortTack]

12. Gotta LOL..or get way to frustrated with ppl's stupidity

[NBachers]

13. HomeSKKKooled and did his own reeserch!

Edit: I looked up this dikdribble so you don't have to: "Host of the nationally syndicated Jesse Kelly Show. Host of ‘I’m Right’ on The First. Anti-Communist. World Famous Author."

[DFW]

14. Mais oui, mais oui!

The Statue of Liberty, which was made in France, can't hold a candle to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, which just happens to be the same one made in France.

And the Belgians and Austrians who contributed this part of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington can't touch the Belgians and Austrians who contributed this part of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.


You'd think America had a factory somewhere for churning out human embarrassments.
If there is such a thing, you can't fault their quality control.

[yardwork]

17. Constant embarrassment.

[COL Mustard]

30. Ssshhh. We do have a factory to produce all this stuff.

It’s in Nebraska somewhere outside of Omaha. (Don’t tell anyone!)

[sheshe2]

15. And the face of the statue.

Link to tweet

[calimary]

25. That face!

[sheshe2]

26. IKR?

[ret5hd]

33. What a strong beauty.

[sheshe2]

35. And those eyes!

[ChazInAz]

45. Oh my!

What a genuinely Gallic face!
Think I'm in love.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Il est tres bete

[former9thward]

20. The concept of the statue was originally designed for Egypt.

It was to be placed at Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal. Early models of the statue were called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia.” It was to be a Muslim woman. Egypt got cold feet about the project because of cost and the designer changed his concept to be placed in New York.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/statue-liberty-was-originally-muslim-woman-180957377/

[Pas-de-Calais]

22. Quote from Bugs Bunny

“What a maroon”

[WarGamer]

24. cringe.

[ZonkerHarris]

32. His response to being corrected is even more ignorant....

Link to tweet

[ShazzieB]

36. Oh, for the love of frozen iguanas!

How pathetically insecure does someone have to be to regard having their error corrected as an assault on their freedom?

Oh no, Jesse! Your freedom to be wrong on Xitter has been violated! What a shame! Or, as the French (who gave us the Statue of liberty) might say, "Quel dommage!"

[ZonkerHarris]

37. in his defense, he is a moron.

[rubbersole]

39. Jesse - "Get a brian moran."

[Caliman73]

51. People like him think that doubling down on ignorance is "strength".

What has enabled the human species to flourish on earth is growing from experience. Trial, error, and learning leads to improvement. If our ancestors had been satisfied with hunting, gathering, living in caves or whatever structures they could find or fashion from the elements, we would not have global communication, ventured beyond our limited geographical boundaries, into space, or into the depths of the ocean.

It is sad that so many people think that his ignorant take and defensiveness is anything positive.

Are certainly free to express your ignorance and stupidity on Musk's site. Other people are also free to tell you how stupid and ignorant your statement was. That is freedom and consequence. Being corrected and even mocked, is not oppression. I am sure that if he had accepted his mistake and changed or deleted his post, the whole situation would be over already.

[Abolishinist]

34. So, if someone says

"I’ve seen America’s and I’ve seen what they’ve got. Theirs can’t touch ours."

Not knowing in advance, would one necessarily think this person to be an American?

[Ford_Prefect]

38. IMO Kelly wasn't home schooled but rather attended one of those oh so special "Christian" academies

where selected and corrected versions of "our" history were taught.

[ecstatic]

40. That's what's so crazy about what the GOP is up to

Banning history. Banning books.

Their kids will be humiliated, repeatedly, by people here and abroad who know more about the history of this country than they do.

Why would they want that? Knowledge is power... Or are they continuing to teach the full history at private schools while public school students are systematically stripped of their power?

[Ford_Prefect]

44. Their purpose is to teach a different history. One which tells of a white owned world confirmed by a distorted Christian

faith. They are culling history to reinforce their racism. They are propagating a an authoritarian cult in the same way others before have done.

[Paladin]

41. Stupid bastard. (nt)

[twodogsbarking]

42. I am equally concerned about how history is sold in public schools.

[sop]

43. No doubt Kelly would disavow "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!”

Funny how People like Kelly love "Lady Liberty," but hate the words from "The Great Colossus," written by Emma Lazarus...an American poet.

[SKKY]

46. It must be easy being Jesse Kelly. You know, not being burdened by facts and whatnot.

[czarjak]

47. That's my neighbor's description.

"Facts and truths make my head hurt." (Actual quote)

[alimbalt]

48. SNL!

SNL, if you're listening/reading - here's a comedy sketch that just writes itself: "The Statue of Liberty - Made in the USA"

[LudwigPastorius]

53. He's so stupid he thinks Liberty has a little sister...

called the Statue of Limitations.