About Time!

And, it's not the least bit coincidental that the Confederates that the Democrats voted to remove from the Capitol were largely Democrats, i.e., Jefferson Davis, Roger Taney, John Calhoun, Alexander Stephens, and Charles Aycock who was an avowed white supremacist as were many Southern Democrats. Revisionist history?

Instead of using the statues as teaching moments about flawed thinking in light of the principles that all are created equal in the modern U.S., let's pretend they never existed. Perhaps remove from Statuary Hall and other places of prominence, but an exhibit that details decisions undertaken that undermined the rights of the individual and why, so that it doesn't happen again, would not be a bad idea, and fitting for the Capitol where they served. Returning the statues to their respective states so that they can be hidden and we can pretend that it never happened doesn't help anyone heal. Then again, people today don't want historical discourse and context, they want to smash things with which they don't agree, which solves nothing.