Protest over a memorial to confederate soldiers?  Those soldiers were everyday joes.  They were patriots to their region and states.  To them, mostly without much money and too young to see the big picture, it was bully northern states against the home state.  They died.  They were human.  No person who respects human life and is without hate could protest a memorial to those who died.  Excuses are given to remove memorials to leaders.  But the soldiers themselves were the little guys as soldiers always are.  Those who wish to eliminate hate must look at themselves first and ask how they can fail to respect the little guys who died.