You don’t get it. The left is already protesting against statues of Thomas Jefferson and even Teddy Roosevelt.
Do you really think saying “the Confederates were Democrats” will somehow disarm the left’s arguments or make them stop?
Yes, you are right, the next step is to go after the Founding Fathers. Going after Confederates is easy, but the next step is the Founders.
If we fall for identity politics, we make it easy for them. This is about the Founding Principles which are available to anyone regardless of color.
Their most important propaganda coup will be if they can tie western civ, Judeo-Christian morality, conservatism, constitutionalism, to race. Its not about race, its about morality and principle, and anyone who lives by these precepts will have a chance at a decent life, regardless of who their grandparents were.
Mt Rushmore will end up with only Lincoln’s head?