It’s a cultural icon. I think we’re getting a bit to sensitive these days. And while some sensitivity is a good thing, we have a tendency to get carried away at times. I’m more offended by monuments of the Ten Commandments erected on Court Building grounds, than I would be of a statue to Monroe in that pose. We all have our own views of course. I don’t know if I can find this again, to provide a link. But I recently read an article online about a Black Civil War re enactor guy, some where in the South, who had been standing guard over a Confederate monument in full Confederate uniform and with a loaded musket. He said it was a part of his heritage, as a descendant of a Black man who had fought for the Confederacy. And any one trying to vandalize the monument would have to go thru him to do it. I wouldn’t advise anyone to try to tangle with that guy. So it takes al types, and one persons anathema is another persons heritage or icon. Make of that what you will.