If we take down statues and forget the Civil War happened

Start the slavery did not exist movement.

There's an old adage: "Win a war, and it will be celebrated for 100 years, but lose a war and it will be remembered for 1000"

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can we forget about slavery too?

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If we forget about slavery, does this mean that we do away with reparations, black only colleges, black month, and all social programs that help blacks out? Does this mean we'll actually be equal?

I'm not a statue hater, honestly couldn't care, but I feel there's a difference between trying to erase history and not trying to memorialize the negative parts of it.

Whatchu talkin bout honky? Slavery is STILL reel ya heard! They be talkin like all these crackas gon take my phone and baby money! Not gettin dat check is slavery fo sho!

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Slavery is STILL reel ya heard

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It actually is.

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WTF are you talking about?

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My OP isn't clear?

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people just want to remove memorials that celebrate the actions of those who tried to tear the county apart.

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The people calling for the removal of these statues aren't doing this because said statues are of Confederates. They're removing the statues because the men were slaveholders or racists. Look at the posts of many on this board who have said we shouldn't celebrate men who thought it was ok to own other people. We are trying to impose 21st century morals on 18th and 19th century men who, despite their faults, were some of the most enlightened men the world had ever seen.

The best reminders of Nazi rule, the concentration camps themselves, weren't torn down or removed. They were left standing to remind people of their history.

Statues aren't about remembering someone. That's what history books are for and no one wan't the Confederacy erased from history books. These monuments are about honoring people. That's the important difference and you shouldn't be surprised that people have a problem with honoring these people.