Thank you, Mark, for such an elucidation.

Your term "monument to reconciliation" is, for me, really the crux. The monument, like most, is intended to preserve a snapshot in history. An eternal remembrance of what was fought and what was lost, in hope that the same mistakes may not be repeated. Destruction of such monuments in an ephemeral expression of instantaneous emotional tantrum -- driven by manufactured rage bred from the contrived lies and false histories taught by academia and perpetuated through social media -- fully intends to eradicate the history, suffering, and legacy of the past.

It is Orwell realized.