It is ironic that someone on a free speech platform is advocating for someone else not to have free speech because they disagree with them. The stones were bought and paid for with private money. They had words carved into them that a paying customer... paid for.  It was on private land. Now, it happens that the land was donated to the county, and now I'm not sure who is paying for the maintenance. That may be a different discussion. Maybe they left a trust fund to take care of it. I happen to live in an extremely blue part of the USA, and there is a monument to certain generals in the Civil War, complete with a Confederate Flag flying. It's on private land, privately owned and maintained and paid for. The left is extremely triggered by this monument even existing. They've tried to deface it, tear it down, etc. The owner has paid for private security to come out and park at the monument 24/7 to protect it. It appears that they have every right to have a monument that some people would consider offensive or even criminal. Free speech. It goes both ways.