Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.
Maybe the world needs to be more nuanced. Maybe the other reasons for the war need to be better understood.
There is nuance in nuance. Obviously nuance is important, but as a said a statue is not a nuanced object. It is a symbol, and for many people when they see it they don’t see a million things, they see only one.
Of course it’s important to understand all the reasons as an educated citizen, but the truth is most of those reasons have little to do with the effects the war still has today (beyond being a common, phony excuse and dog whistle).
Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.
Which statues? What about the ones for the pows I mentioned and the battlefield markers?
Again, nuance. If a statue depicts a glorification, it should go. If it symbolizes something else, maybe not.