I saw someone who expressed sympathy for the people who recently burned several black churches. I found it hard to even believe that someone would cheer on the sort of bigots who would destroy black churches. This person said that the folks at the black churches were trying to destroy Southern history in the name of discrimination. My thought and response was as follows:

I don't want to destroy Southern history - I want to preserve it. I want to preserve the knowledge that white Southerners enslaved, raped, beat, brutalized, and killed black people for their own pleasure and profit. I want to preserve the knowledge that white Southerners were willing to try to destroy the country to maintain the right to brutalize black people. I want to preserve the knowledge that even after the slaves were freed, that white Southerners beat and lynched black people who dared try to act like they had the same rights as whites.