As a bleeding heart tree hugging liberal, I agree it was over the top. We shouldn't censor our past because it might cause some nutjobs to use poor judgement. Should we forget and deny 9-11 happened? Maybe we should forgo Thanksgiving, in case the Natives come after us white guys for the genocide that eventually followed our arrival. 

If we don't remember and learn from our past, including the atrocities, we're condemned to repeat it. No person of sound and rational mind holds WW2 attacks against current Asian populations. Even my grandfather, - a WW2 veteran, owned a VW just a couple decades after the war. Resentment can fade fast when those who fought realize those on the other side were also human, with families and fear and courage in their hearts. 

What I desire most is an honest discussion of WW2, and talk about the immense help that the Russians were in ending WW2. Russia's sacrifices are sadly left out of our history books, where the US is made to look like we saved everyone.