Why Don’t We Honor Legitimately Important Public Figures With Statues Anymore?

A very brief excerpt from Christian Schneider:

In fact, this disdain for public figures is so strong, it appears to be retroactive.  Good luck trying to pay tribute to any of our Founding Fathers these days, as most of them were white slave owners.  One can only imagine the opposition to building a statue of James Madison in our state's capital, which just happens to be named after him.  As a result, Madison features a statue of football coach Barry Alvarez, but not the author of the Bill of Rights.