So EB- to you, it would be acceptable if Jewish folk had to walk past a statue of Joseph Mengele every day of thrir lives.

History is written by the winners.

Please, not that old nonsense. As if nothing was written by anyone in or from the Confederacy?

Remember, too that Wilson thought the absolute bullshit of "Birth of a Nation" was "history written by lightening". This country has dealt for a hundred and fifty years - and still deals with on a daily basis- the fake "history" of the "Lost Cause" - It was even taught in school when I was a kid.

Although condemned as traitors, these people were being true to what they considered their true citizenship.

So what? The white supremecists and Nazis marching in Charlottesville were "being true to what they considered their true citizenship"- that of a white ethno-state. The parallel is exact.

What are the limits to which we go to avoid offending people?

This is not just about "offending people" tho that's a part of it. This is about celebrating and memorializing individuals, a society and a nation founded upon the principle that Blacks were sub-human property with no rights whatsoever.

Take 'em down & put 'em in an "I Wish I Wuz In De land Ob Cotton" theme park somewhare so real Americans don't have to look at them.