Erasing Statues, Erasing Rainbows: Hypocrisy in How We Treat Memorials
Written by Peter Boykin on August 31, 2025
Erasing Statues, Erasing Rainbows: Hypocrisy in How We Treat Memorials
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Erasing Statues, Erasing Rainbows: Hypocrisy in How We Treat Memorials
When officials removed a Confederate monument in Edenton, North Carolina, the decision reignited a familiar debate. The monument, which had stood at the end of South Broad Street for over a century, came down after a judge dissolved a restraining order that had kept it in place. Plans now point toward relocating it to Hollowell Park, a veterans setting where it can be preserved in a more appropriate historical context [13NewsNow](https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/north-carolina/north-carolina-nc-confederate-monument-edenton-broad-street/).
There needs to be a better place historically for these statues. Memorials, even controversial ones, deserve thoughtful relocation rather than sudden destruction. History doesn’t disappear because a statue moves, it either gets contextualized or erased. But what stands out is the reaction. Some Republicans expressed anger, calling the removal disrespectful, undemocratic, and erasure of history.
Now let’s look at Florida. Orlando’s rainbow crosswalk, installed at the Pulse nightclub memorial to honor 49 lives lost, was also removed overnight. No warning. No ceremony. Just gone. Gainesville, Tampa, Daytona, Seminole County, all are watching as colorful crosswalks their communities funded through donations are erased under new FDOT rules signed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The justification is “uniform safety standards.” Orlando alone is now saddled with an $85,000 bill to erase what its citizens built [WKMG News 6](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/27/desantis-says-new-florida-law-allows-removal-of-crosswalk-art-what-the-law-says/).
Here is the inconsistency. Some Republicans complain bitterly when a Confederate monument comes down, yet cheer or shrug when rainbow memorials are erased. In both cases, officials created a rule, ignored the people most affected, executed removals, and then pointed to the rule as justification: “we had to, it’s the law.” When the rule aligns with their politics, they rage. When it doesn’t, they suddenly bow to government authority.
This is not principle. This is partisan convenience.
And the facts matter. Studies like Bloomberg’s Asphalt Art Safety Study show that painted crosswalks reduce pedestrian and cyclist crashes by nearly 50 percent, and injury crashes by over 30 percent. Painted crosswalks are safer, not less safe [Bloomberg Philanthropies Study PDF](https://assets.bbhub.io/dotorg/sites/43/2022/04/Asphalt-Art-Safety-Study.pdf) & [Streetsblog USA](https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/study-asphalt-art-decreases-vulnerable-road-user-crashes-by-50-percent). Yet Florida chose to prohibit them anyway, collateral damage to a broader push against “woke” symbolism. That is politics dressed up as policy.
The Confederate monument in Edenton is moving to a place of context and preservation. Rainbow crosswalks in Florida are being erased completely, with no context, no relocation, no respect for the communities that built them. Both cases highlight the power of government to control how we remember and how we express ourselves. Both demand transparency and consistency.
Erasing Statues, Erasing Rainbows: Why Some Republicans Must Stop Choosing Which Liberty Counts.
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As the founder of Gays For Trump and a Constitutionalist for Liberty, I cannot ignore the hypocrisy. Too many conservatives complain when their heritage is threatened but celebrate when someone else’s is erased. Liberty means defending the principle, not just the symbol you like.
The legislature created these rules. DeSantis signed them. He could have sought input. Lawmakers could have crafted flexibility. Instead, they passed a rule designed to eliminate rainbow crosswalks, with checkered racing stripes, school murals, and community art as collateral damage. To then hide behind “we’re just following the rules” is political cowardice.
If conservatives want to be taken seriously on liberty, they must be consistent. Demand proper placement of Confederate statues, yes. But also demand respect for rainbow memorials and community projects. Demand process, transparency, and local voice, no matter whose history or identity is represented.
Because the moment we start picking and choosing which communities get liberty and which don’t, we’ve already surrendered the principle we claim to defend.
Additional Sources:
* [13NewsNow – North Carolina Confederate Monument in Edenton Removed](https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/north-carolina/north-carolina-nc-confederate-monument-edenton-broad-street/)
* [WKMG News 6 – DeSantis Says New Florida Law Allows Removal of Crosswalk Art](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/27/desantis-says-new-florida-law-allows-removal-of-crosswalk-art-what-the-law-says/)
* [Bloomberg Philanthropies – Asphalt Art Safety Study PDF](https://assets.bbhub.io/dotorg/sites/43/2022/04/Asphalt-Art-Safety-Study.pdf)
* [Streetsblog USA – Study on Painted Crosswalk Safety](https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/study-asphalt-art-decreases-vulnerable-road-user-crashes-by-50-percent)
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