What I find kind of interesting is that, in the U.S. the culture wars around statues has largely centered around pulling down those that A) are built in the image of racist traitors to the Union who are best known for trying to divide the country and B) were raised largely as part of support for the Jim Crow era or as a response to the civil rights movement rather than to actually honour the individuals; whereas here, we're talking about statues to honour those who played a role in building the country that were also horribly racist.
All are bad, obviously, but it's just an interesting contrast. People like Ryerson will be remembered for both their acts building and division, whereas those like General Lee will really only be remembered for their acts of division (which, I suppose, will be judged positively by some and negatively by others).
