If the example you sited compared apples to apples than I would a coherent reply.  But, considering you are reaching around to your backside to find a comparison, think for awhile and come up with two apples.  Now to Lee and others - whether my next door neighbor finds the memorial to be offensive is his business, not mine.  If a community decides it is time to remove statutes, it is their business.  Unfortunately, it is not that easy.  One of the problems fueling the difficulties in the South right now - the inherent racism still manifesting itself among whites of the South.  Their racist and bigoted behavior only fuels the fire.