Um...this is the first I've even heard that there were statues to Confederate soldiers anywhere on U.S. soil. Pardon me for bringing this fact up, but...Confederates lost. The Union won. What fucking sideways thinking is it that we erect statues to losers. Have the Nazis done the same thing? Nope, it's actually illegal for swatiskas to even be in Germany. So, when a statue is vandalized, probably should really ask whether or not this is damaging to the collective psyche of the state. I say this because, honoring the memory of soldiers are fine, but taking great pride in a war to which almost broke up the United States (remember the "united" part) seems like an affront to the Union soldiers that sacrificed to keep up together.
And I'm not saying that vandalizing government property is a smart thing to do. But, the symbol seems to cause more trouble than it's worth.
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