The removal of statues is not the erasure of history. It is literally the removal of horrible human beings from their pedestals of veneration. All of these mass murderers and / or traitors will still be in the history books that chronicle their crimes, they just won’t occupy places of honor in our public spaces.

How eager they are to be slaves - Tiberius Caesar

Coulda tripped out easy, but I've changed my ways - Donovan