John Daniel Davidson: The Confederate Statue Controversy Isn't About Slavery; It's About Ending America

This is hyperbolic, but there's an element of truth in it that should be reflected upon: anti-southernism, anti-Americanism, and anti-Westernism are powerful forces on the extreme left. There's no doubt that a bunch of asinine, incoherent bullshit is helping to motivate anti-Confederate hysteria.
   None of that tells us a lot about what we--we sensible people--ought to think and do about the statues, of course.