I think it is true that the destruction of churches was done not only by ignoring theology, but by totally ignoring all the human history that went into them.
Interestingly, since the Motu Proprio has come out and it seems that some parts of our history might come back again, there has been a positive rush in some quarters to get rid of anything from the past.
We have had a Communion rail in our Cathedral forever, and while it’s not used, nobody has ever suggested removing it - until now. The pastor suddenly thinks he has to consolidate the victories of the Vatican II crowd by destroying the church as fast as he can. He knows that he’s on the losing side and that orthodoxy will triumph, but he wants to salt the earth before he goes.
You nailed it.
God = Creation (Beauty, Truth, Order)
the enemy = Destruction (Chaos, Ugliness, Lies)
It’s really quite simple.
Certainly true in my parish -- the wreckovation of the lower church was complete just two weeks before the MP came out. Now, of course, they're working on the upper church, so Sunday Masses are in the lower church -- from which they removed the pews and replaced them with those auditorium-style chairs (some with movable kneelers in the back). So they had to fill in for Sunday Mass with gray metal folding chairs. To be reassuring, they told people they don't have to kneel! :(