re: The discussion of civil war is irresponsible and ignorant.

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People object to the government doing this without input from the populace. 70% of Americans think the statues and monuments should stay, yet government decides to remove them anyway. Would seem to be the opposite of what the Founders intended.

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And that's what elections are for, my friend. To punish those that would act opposite of their constituents wishes with their job.

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Liberals are acting like ISIS and al Quaeda, smashing antiquities because they are offended. What's next, and where does this attempt to erase history end?

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Equating statues with antiquities is testing the limits of a decent comparison, but I'll say that erasing markers of history does nothing to change history. The democracy does not end when a statue comes down, and if it means enough to some to espouse the virtues of war to defend that history, a more productive use of one's zeal would be to campaign for the return of the statue or a statue that conveys the history in a way that a majority of people can accept until a statue is erected. But calls for war or acting as if something truly incendiary is brewing is a dangerous use of one's passion.