Percy writes:
At what point do we stop trying to play God and sift human souls. All human life is sacred, and once departed from this earth we must forgive them.
Forgiving and memorializing are not quite the same thing.
A monument and a law are not quite the same thing.
Yesterday and today are not quite the same thing.
If a city or university or company or organization decides to change a display or symbol or statue or even a whole carving on a mountain do they not have the right to do so?
Public opinions change. Maybe a decade from now the organization may decide to put the monument back up, and if so, then should they not have the right to do so?
When we need to get concerned is when such acts get codified into laws. A law that said all Confederate Flags must be taken down is a law we need to fear. A law that said a monument honoring the US Solders that participated in the Genocide done under the command of President Jackson cannot be built is a law we need to fear.
Public opinion driving an organization to take down a monument is not something to fear.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!