Missourian
Diamond Member
The statue isn't obnoxious, it commemorates the students and faculty who died fighting in the war between the states.
"on the campus at the State University, of a monument to the students and faculty, who went out from its walls in 1861 to fight and die for the South"
Tell me what right the students of 2018 have to decide the fate of a memorial conceived, privately funded and erected in 1913?
It's their campus now, and in 2018, we realize the Confederacy fought for an evil cause.
It's not their campus...they're renters, not owners. We don't get to "realize" anything when it comes to memorials. Slavery was legal and normal at the time of Civil War...judging a MEMORIAL to soldiers by today's standards is ridiculously stupid.