[BroJoeK]

central_va: "Deny it then and I will stand down."

Deny what? Removing Confederate statues?
I think it's idiotic, stupid, political correctness run-amuck, very much akin to Taliban destroying statues of Buddha in Afghanistan.

I have no problem with honoring Confederates, or flying Confederate flags -- there are Confederate flags flying on houses near my home in central Pennsylvania, and on pickup trucks, usually side by side with US flags.

Indeed, I'd ask you to consider two different situations:

1. One insane pro-Confederate murders Christians in church, at Wednesday evening Bible study, and as a result: Confederate flags, monuments and even building names are removed all over the South.
   Nobody condones the murders, nobody claims it was in some worthy cause -- doesn't matter, "off with their heads" for Confederate monuments.

2. Two lunatic Muslims murder 14 Americans at a Christmas party and as a result, the whole Left media establishment goes into "don't be Islamophobe" mode.
   The murderers are recognized and honored by radical Islamic terrorists, but we are verboten to connect any dots.

What's wrong with this picture?

[central_va]

Deny you feel it would have been better and justice served if Lee ad Davis would have been hanged for treason. Yes or No. Quit dodging the question.