Neither āmonumentsā nor the āconfederate flagā are racist. They are inanimate objects. Objects which - as usual - you people are trying to erase history in order to rewrite your horrific history of racism. And, as usual, conservatives are trying to preserve history.
Uh, no one is going to forget 400 years of Conservative Racist history just because we take down the statues of the traitors who tried to destroy the union so a few rich white people could own other people.
They tear down statues all the time. That's why you won't find a single statue to Hitler in Germany, or any more statues of Stalin in Russia...
Heck, Disney even took out a statue of Bill Cosby after it was found out he liked to drug the ladies.