Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

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The problem comes when certain state legislatures have laws saying that no city can change/remove war monuments, a law which some states do have.

Once again, there's something fundamentally insane about the fact that this is hardly even mentioned in the debates. I have a problem with dismissing a great general because of his very dodgy views and a lack of understanding of historical  nuance on the part of the beholder, but I see no reason a state should force a city to keep a statue it doesn't want.

Yup, same here.  I personally would like if the statues were moved to a museum, but the community that pays for the statue has the final say either way. This isn't a constitutional issue like say, putting up a publicly-maintained statue of Jesus in a public park, so it really is down to the community to decide.