I'll read the entire article later. (Just after I finish watching the NFL playoff games!)
I lived in a small village in Europe for a few years some time ago. Certainly the Europeans have a history. Monuments every darn place that you go. Some are simply ruins found in obscure little places.
That is my real view of Europe. A place which celebrates past events with lots of monuments. Monuments to wars and heros and policies which eventually convinced multitudes of people to flee that place for a better life in the new world.
Now the liberals (Socialists) in this country would have us emulate the failed European model. Well, my ancestors left that place because they were tired, poor, downtrodden, etc.
Europe is over, and the Islamic conquest is noteworthy in that such a violent cult could conquer an entire continent in an essentially non violent way.
Remarkable.
To that end, it seems like you might be able to say that all the NAACP assaults on Civil War Monuments and even maybe 10 commandment stuff is a uniquely American thing...always marching blindly forward. I grudgingly think there's something to that. (Not putting words in your mouth, just thinking out loud....idling while GB is getting their butts kicked.)