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Think about isis, what they did. they pillaged and wiped away a replaceable, historical, and religious monuments. syria, simply because they coul could. it's offensive to them. no matter what one thinks about the way this was all treated after the civil war, where they built these monuments, whether they should build them or not. this happened. the confederacy happened, and we awaited the future to leave history as it existed undisturbed. continue to debate it, have conversations about it, but why not allow future generations the opportunity to mark this history, process it, and come to their ...

The pastor of the future or to highlight all the gains america has made. by committing acts of violence to get your own way, and defying laws to remove a figure you find offensive, you start to look a little bit like the thing you are protesting. should you succeed, by the way, in the future, some other mob might well tear down your statue because they themselves find what you did offensive. so where does it all and? and you would have taught them that it's fine to destroy all trace of whatever we find objectionable in the past? let's hope the board of unc north carolina's historical commissio...

Mindset of isis. isis pill languaged and wiped away irreplaceable historical and religious monuments. palmyra in syria, simply because second. now no matter what one thinks of the way this was all treated after the civil war, whether they should have built these monuments or not, this happened. okay? the confederacy happened. we owe it to the future to leave history as it existed undisturbed. continue to debate it. have conversations about it. but why in the allow future generations the opportunity to mark this history, process it, and come to the wrong conclusion? put up another statue commem...

Edwards, presidency of the unc young democrats, a group adamantly opposed to the statue statue's presence anywhere on campus. it seems the first step for critics of these statues was to move them out of the public square and into historical buildings. okay, so that happened -- or that was happening. but now that's offensive. so where does this ever end? what do you propose it be done with the statue? you can't have it out on the public where it always has been, can't move into the building, so what now? >> i think with the "silent sam" down it is time to start contextualizing the past of the m...

♪ >> laura: enemies of american history: that is the focus of tonight "angle." back in august, protesters at the university of north carolina at chapel hill took it upon themselves to rip down a confederate statue. it was the "silent sam" statue and honored students who had fought for the confederacy in the civil war. of the last few years, the statue has been labeled "a celebration of white supremacy" by some, and a piece of history by others. yesterday, the university board announced a plan to house the statue and a new $5 million history center where it will be properly conceptualized. ev...