It sounds like you don’t really care what they have to say.
The prominent conservatives that are talking about it are the ones who want to keep their confederate statutes where everyone will see them and be reminded as to their place.
The arbiter is the public. Who else could it be? If the public wants to replace Robert E Lee with a port-o-pottie, I say let them. If the community wants to replace George Washington with a planter, then why should we stop them?
Why does everyone have to have a position on this? It is a very complex situation, with every single statue having a complex history as to the person being honored, and the situation surrounding the commission and dedication of the statues is also complex.
There is no simple answer, and to demand one is not reasonable.
I take that back slightly, there is a simple answer, to keep them all up, and that is the position of most conservatives. It’s not that they don’t count, it’s that you are not demanding a different answer from them.
This is only very slightly true. There were situations where a person could be born a slave, but it was not mandated, and not all that common either.
And if we are going back to biblical law, the bible had a number of things to say about the treatment of slaves that were not practiced in antebellum America.