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?
Position‹5 of 5: We should remove some statues, but this movement has gone too far.

This position holds that some statues should be removed, but that the movement has gone too far. It argues the effort began as a worthy attempt to take down symbols of white supremacy, yet now targets statues that should stay—and risks threatening historical monuments indiscriminately.

Supporting arguments · 1

This movement might threaten all historical statues.
If we begin removing the monuments of all controversial figures, we will be forced to remove statues entirely, because every historical person is controversial in some way.