Well said. Visiting a civil war memorial is a solemn moment. It’s a time to recall the horrors of war and a horrible time in our country’s history. Taking them down, which many Freepers support, is really an extension of the Snowflake movement.
As a reader of Sir Walter Scott, I also vividly recall some of his Prefaces, Forwards or postscripts, where he discusses his historic research into original materials. In one such, unfortunately I do not recall with which novel the discussion appeared, he discusses seeking original French manuscripts--the one of a kind, hand lettered variety--in great houses that escaped the hate set fires, which destroyed many such irreplaceable clues into that country's history.
Those who would destroy the memories of a people's achievements, their purpose & struggles, take hate driven loathsomeness to a particularly vile level.
That the mob mentality behind this vicious intention is almost totally ignorant of the actual histories involved--being consumed by hatred for false images, instilled by demagogues with axes to grind, certainly does not make the ensuing atrocities any more acceptable.
That this contemporary re-visitation of a slavery debate, which basically ended 152 years ago, shows a total lack of appreciation of the fact that in all the Western lands where there were still retentions of the feudal system, the Old South was almost certainly the most humane, is further evidence that our present Jacobins are truly out-of-touch with the history they seek to erase.
Finally, consider Booker T. Washington (who was born a slave's') appeal to his White neighbors, which reflects a very very different picture of Southern race relations from that embraced by the American Jacobins of 2017: