And yet the mayor is not saying we should use legal force to remove them.   I agree with objecting to Lenin, but I got a huge laugh out of the protester with the "Lenin is Hitler" poster - both terrible people, but Lenin was Lenin, not Hitler.

If I had enough money to burn I would buy it - it's for sale, ya' know?   I would buy it and place it face down in the dirt on my own private property.  

Lenin statues look much better toppled than upright.

The objection to Confederate monuments is honoring those who took up arms against the US.  They are a part of history.  They aren't people who should be honored by the government on public property.

You know that, don't you? 

The mayor simply said they should be removed.  I think McDonald's and Taco Bell should stop serving terrible food, but that doesn't mean I think the law should intervene (beyond enforcing local health codes) or that I'm against free enterprise.