Patrick W. O`Neil: Let`s be honest, monuments honor the Confederacy, supremacy
(World News USA)

Since the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the toppling of the statue of the Confederate soldier in Durham, defenders of Confederate memorials have made an interesting distinction. The Charlottesville statue is of Robert E. Lee, whose willful treason against the United States makes memorializing him hard to defend. The Durham statue, on the other hand, was of a poor soldier, forced by conscription and other means to participate in a war whose premises he could not resist; the same is true of Fayetteville`s Confederate soldier statue. If protesters really believe in equality, why dishonor people who were no wealthier or more powerful than they are themselves? (Note: this argument...