Some interesting background info here. Most Southern honor was given between 1900-1920. Widespread attacks on their heritage did not begin until 2015?
Others regard Lee as a United States General who, when the nation was divided, served his part of the nation with honor and distinction. A man who played an instrumental part in the orderly surrender of the South. Who represents the South militarily and historically. For all those who died in honor of their homes. Part of the Civil War was reunification, the reconciliation where those folks were no longer declared traitors but once again our brothers and sisters. Where we stood as one, united, nation again - full honors for service and all.
To attack Southern heritage is a violation of said reunification. For what reason has this peace been disturbed, to what end? We knew what the South had done back when peace was made. Back when our nation was restored. We conquered them, we laid down the law, but then we reconciled with them. Those who actually fought the South, those who saw loved ones injured or killed. They knew the cost of war, of deep divisions. They saw fit to chart a new course. And in the time of their grandchildren, the South was fully allowed to honor its part, its history, and its sacrifices made during the Civil War.
Now we disregard the honor and history of the South. Today they may be too few in number or cause to actually stand for themselves. But this is not a conflict we need right now, when a line in the sand is drawn it polarizes people. Every decade that passed has helped fade the South into distant memory. Until something polarizes it. Lights a flame under their arses that demands a response, demands action and organization. You kick a sleeping dog, now it is mustering to bite back. And in order to do so, they might very well fall victim to the propaganda of actual White Supremacists and Nazis. If they'll be the only groups not to attack the South. If they are the only ones who would keep the peace with them. You've driven them right into the arms of extremists.
Something faded is growing manifest again. All because some idiots had to go and kick a hornets nest before it was fully depleted. At a time when this nation needed to avoid it the most. Where inflammatory social media polarizes and threatens to tear us all apart, where targeting the South does nothing but fan the flames.