Is it wrong to remove Confederate statues?

Removing these monuments and statues seems like white washing the past to me. There have even been significant calls to tear down the statue of Christopher Columbus in New York because of the way he treated natives. Forgetting your past, no matter how dark it is, is not the way to deal with issues today. What do you think?

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SW-User

I think, "Where will all the madness end?" Sad days we live in. They can tear them down and destroy them, whatever they think they should do, but It WILL NEVER ERASE HISTORY! People have lost their minds! :(

Northwest · M

@SW-User History has been erased and replaced with alternative reality, for some people. Not all of these statues, and not even a small portion, is actual history.

They are symbols of hate, erected decades after the facts, in non-historically significant places, as accessories to the Jim Crow laws that kept the black population virtually enslaved.

I guess it's all in the perspective. I mean, Jim Crow laws were never a problem for whites.