Some Things Are Better Left in the Past. Apparently, Confederate Statues Aren't One of Them.

Some Things Are Better Left in the Past. Apparently, Confederate Statues Aren't One of Them.

Well, it finally happened. Just when you thought the national attic had been cleared of its most embarrassing and toxic junk, the current administration has decided to go digging in a box labeled "Definitely Don't Open."

What did they pull out? Oh, just a statue of a Confederate general with a little light KKK affiliation on the side. You know, for flavor.

And not just any statue. This is the very same monument that was rightfully torn down by protesters during the racial justice uprisings of 2020.¹ Remember that? When the country took a small, but meaningful, step toward cleaning up its front yard?

Yeah, well, that's over. They're putting it back up. In Washington, D.C. As we speak.

The official excuse, whispered through a weak smile, is "historic preservation."

Let's be incredibly clear: preserving this statue is like preserving a tumor for its "biological significance." Some things don't deserve a place of honor. They deserve a chapter in a history book titled, "Mistakes We Should Never Make Again."

This isn't preserving history; it's venerating hate. It’s a conscious choice to literally put a man who fought a war to keep Black people in chains back on a pedestal.

And the most cynical part? The actual, elected officials of Washington, D.C., are begging the administration to stop.² But this isn’t about cooperation or governance. This is about power. It’s about using the might of the federal government to force a symbol of white supremacy onto a city that doesn't want it.

It's a deliberate, calculated slap in the face. It’s a giant, bronze middle finger to every person who has ever marched, chanted, or bled for the cause of racial equality.

Make no mistake, every political decision is a signal, and this one is screaming its message through a bullhorn. It says that the "good old days" they're always nostalgic for are these old days—the ones with monuments to traitors standing proudly in the nation's capital.

This tells you everything you need to know about their priorities. They value the cold, dead symbols of an oppressive past far more than the living, breathing citizens of a country still trying to heal.

This isn't about one statue. It never is. It’s about making these symbols of oppression so commonplace that we grow numb to them. It's about building the future they want, one racist monument at a time. Our job is to refuse to look away and to never, ever let them call it history. It’s hate, and it belongs in the ground.