>> that's exactly what i'm worried about. these monuments, themselves, are important historically. they are part of a story of how the south dealt with the aftermath of the civil war. those monuments themselves have historical value, much less telling people about these incredibly significant historic individuals who lived and fought and died on that soil. just five miles from my house, there's a monument for about 200 soldiers left from our community and only about 12 came home. so these are telling the story about loss and about fight. and to remove that, we've removing a part of our history. we're making ourselves more ignorant. and i'm not sure to what end, ultimately. >> do you agree with that? >> i don't agree with the theory that this is some type of cultural genocide. that we're whitewashing or erasing. what i do believe is that south carolina is ready to move