Holy . People are still trying to invoke "historical value" as an excuse to keep these so-called monuments up?
Let's unpack this.
Most of the these monuments were erected some 50-60 years after the end of the civil war mainly as a petty defiant gesture to them "damn Yankees."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...uments/479751/
Furthermore, they are basically confederate propaganda that aims to paint the Confederacy in a positive and heroic light ("Honoring those boys in gray"). Maybe they're heroic to redneck southerners who are still immensely pissed off about "losing the war of Northern aggression" a 150 years ago, but to the majority of Americans, even in the South, those men were enemies of the United States of America. I agree we should keep the statues up if they're accurately labelled for what they are: misleading Southern propaganda. But that's not why people want them kept up. They want them kept because they're "proud" of their ancestors being traitors and standing up to, again, "them damn Yankees," Therefore, they have ZERO historical value.
And there's no equivalency to draw with Washington, Jefferson, etc. They were men of fault, sure, but their redeeming value is, I don't know, founding the in' United States.
And most of these statues are barely old enough to even quality as antiques.
They're worthless to everyone expect salty rednecks who like drunkedly shouting, "The south will rise again," as they their sister.
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