re: Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History

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Everything built after about 1950 was an intentional finger in the eye of the Civil Rights movement. I don't have a lot of reverence for them.

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While I don't pretend to know what was in each individual heart, certainly anything built after WWII (when you could fit all the living Confederate veterans in a large conference room) is suspicious AF. This analysis is complicated by the centennial celebrations in the 1960s which coincided with THE PEAK of the civil rights movement.

Regardless, those built around the 50 year (the 1910s) were done with living veterans and many, many children, grandchildren of veterans and those killed in abundance are much more sincere memorials. This was also the final push for "reconciliation" and look no further than the Gettysburg 50th reunion that was generally a pretty touching display of mutual respect between the (very old) survivors of the battle.

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Before that, folks were honoring their family members and ancestors.

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Although your point should be indisputable, the fact your average skyscreamer is unwilling to even have a conversation about it is very telling. No surprise, though, as "educators" focus only on indoctrination and students are offered no training in critical thinking (they have to get it on their own).