This is about political correctness and hypocrisy.When are "we" going to tear these statues down? I would assume when the communities that put them up decide to take them down.
I only point it out, because sorta like with the Confederate statues getting melted down all over the South... that's local politics so there is no "we".
As for you real point- I know Alt-Right leaders hope to fund raise on this issue, but it doesn't really run much deeper then a lot of folks in the South are ready to cut ties with the Confederacy. And their local politicians are quick to respond. That's my read on it.
I would assume the communities that put them up will only take them down when PC Antifa types protest in the streets & those communities buckle under the pressure.
Part of the argument for removing civil war statues are they glorified those that owned & fought for slavery...
PC calls for removal of any monument to those that are now considered historically wrong by the pc left.
Those that kept slaves , those that fought for the south and certainly those that committed genocide against Native Americans should not have monuments.
Otherwise it seems hypocritical, that's my read on it.