The protests and knocking down the statue were illegal acts. Instead of punishing the perps, they are rewarding them.
Yep, that is unforgivable.
You are correct. You and I agree on this. I simply see the perps as the University itself and think the university should not be trusted with the statue or it's protection. I also think that the university should be forced to pay a price for what it has done by declaring it a Yankee institution once and for all. The university then can beg for money from Antifa types and folks who don't care about the history of North Carolina. It's time to call a spade a spade and elevate the argument to where it actually hurts those allowing this crap to fester.