How do we think about removing controversial statues in the US?

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Question: How do we think about removing controversial statues in the US?
Position1 of 5›: "We must remove these statues!"

These monuments support white supremacy and racial terror. They propagate a false version of our nation's history by romanticizing slavery, the Confederacy, and colonialism.

Supporting arguments · 4

These statues honor individuals who harmed indigenous people.
We should not venerate historical figures who drove indigenous people away from their homes. Honoring these figures is insensitive to native peoples' feelings and romanticizes colonialism.
These statues venerate people who supported the dehumanization of others.
These statues depict people who supported horrific institutions. We should not honor them in our public spaces.
These statues romanticize the Confederacy
These statues promote a false narrative about the Confederacy, ignoring its ties with slavery.
These statues were intended to promote white supremacy and racial terror.
The people who created these statues intended for them to be re-enforcing agents of white supremacy.