But you might want to pass along this link to him.

A very dear and longtime friend (one of the first members of my college club I mention below) sent that link to me. It's impossible to argue against being a "useful idiot" for the Confederate 1 per cent whilst arguing for the statues to remain. Having an ancestor who was one of the paupers that fought for the Confederacy in the storied NC 26th regiment, survived Pickett's Charge, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox (I have his POW card to prove it) that Ross apparently thinks so highly of, I can perhaps better understand Ross' position on the statues than many. But if he reads that article, it will be impossible for him to conclude anything other than being a proponent of keeping the statues up is nothing more than continuing to be a useful idiot for the Confederate one per centers; just as was my ancestor.