At the risk of slight over-generalisation let me add:
No statue was ever about preserving history. It doesn't mean that there cannot be other good reasons for putting up statues.
No statue was ever about preserving history. It doesn't mean that there cannot be other good reasons for putting up statues.
My opinion, white supremacists are useful idiots that are no longer useful. That's why the authorities are sitting on their hands as people pull the statues down.