The difference between you and me is I think those who living in any particular community should be able to decide on their own what statues, monuments or anything else they have. If a black community wants a bronze statue showing a black man with his arms raised in victory standing with one foot on top of a white guy laying on the ground, why shouldn't they have it? Don't we have freedom of speech and expression? I am of the old school, I believe in that old adage, "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it." You seem to want a muzzle, once you muzzle whomever for what you deem offensive or intolerant, it becomes a very slippery slope.
If Charlottesville or Lexington or New Orleans or where ever want a statue of Robert E. Lee, fine. If those cities want to take them down, fine. I have no problem with either one as long as it is the residence of, those living in the community decide that on their own without, I repeat, without any outside influence, pressure or anything else. Me living in Georgia shouldn't be able to tell someone living in Colorado, New York, South Carolina or anywhere else what statues or monuments they can or should, can't or shouldn't have.
The problem we have today is people living a hundred, a thousand miles away think they know what is best for a community they probably never been to. That they can force any community to their wants. No regard for what a community wants or wishes. Hence my reference to the Taliban.
