I do not support white supremacy.  But the Confederacy is a part of our history.  Auschwitz is part of Germany's.  They don't throw Christmas parties there, but neither do they tear it down.  That blacks were originally counted as 3/5 of a person is in the US Constitution.  We've corrected that.  Confederacy memorials may mean different things to different people.  The war was not just about slavery.  There were economic and states' rights issues a well.  If we can just accept these reminders of our past, then maybe our city parks can have nativity scenes.  The 10 commandments can be displayed.  Gay people can march.  We can protest wars (and presidents).  The mistake was on the part of those trying to make history politically correct by removing the monument, and a chance to learn.  The riots were the result.