If Charlottesville city council hadn't made the imprudent decision to remove the statue in the first place, there never would have been an eruption of violence and anger. The Confederate statues and other symbols of the old Confederacy have been fading into significance for many decades now and they would have faded into obscurity and meaninglessness within another generation. Rather than let sleeping doges lie however, Charlottesville city government, goaded on by the usual gang of social justice warriors, tore the scab off old healing wounds with their attempt to rewrite and/or expunge part of history. Although violence is never excusable as a form of social protest - on all sides - the protesters and the counter-protesters aren't the only ones to blame for the unfortunate chain of events that occurred. Charlottesville city council must shoulder a good portion of the blame for fanning the flames of division with their unnecessary call to eradicate part of local history.