I am disgusted by the actions of lawless individuals and groups destroying statues and symbols of our past history.
Do these fools think they can somehow change our history by toppling a few bronze replicas of Civil War soldiers? They justify their actions by wrapping themselves in the banner of anti-racism, yet we do not see them attacking statues of Presidents Woodrow Wilson or Franklin D, Roosevelt, who were both racists. Wilson was responsible for re-segregating our armed forces in World War I, and Roosevelt imprisoned thousands of loyal Japanese citizens during World War II but did not arrest people of German or Italian decent.
Now we hear they want to destroy the Jefferson Memorial and rename Washington, D.C. Others have spayed paint on the Lincoln Memorial. Where are these attempts to destroy the reputations of great men like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and even George Washington leading us?
Is this a prelude to tearing up our beloved Constitution and Bill of Rights?
Vince Young
Dolores