re: University of Alabama system to review all building names, remove Confederate Army plaques

As John Cleese said:
"I'm very confused about toppling statues...

The Greeks, whose civilisation has long been admired in the West, believed that in the Ancient World, a cultured society was only possible if it was based on slavery

So should we be getting rid of statues of Socrates and Aristotle?"

You can't apply social standards from 150 years ago to today's world.