Satire on Confederate Statue Issue

Satire is always a great way to deal with prevalent views on political issues, and to change people's minds by showing just how preposterous their views are.  This is certainly the case in a piece by Bob Vulfov, titled, As Your Doctor, I am Protesting the Removal of Your Tumor Because I don't Want to Erase Your Medical History, in which Vulfov compares President Trump's reaction to the removal of Confederate statues to a doctor telling a patient that he is against removing the patient's tumor because doing so would erase an important part of their medical history. The President tweeted, "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments." Vulfov compares the Confederate monuments to a tumor, and President Trump to a doctor. Just as the tumor is harmful to the body and will lead to cancer, the Confederate monuments are harmful to the country as they represent hate and will empower racists to act on that hate. The doctor claims that the "rich history" must be preserved by keeping it in the body, even though it will continue to be harmful. The reference here is to the argument that the monuments should remain up, despite the negative consequences that will come as a result of that, in order to preserve the history of the civil war. The author shows how foolish is to believe that the statues represent and embody white supremacy and racism, by writing of tumors, "I do not believe the viewpoint that tumors "embody" or "represent" cancer. That is a straw man argument that I will not tolerate." Of course tumors represent cancer. Likewise, it is obvious in the eyes of Vulfov that Confederate monuments represent racism, and as such must be taken down.
Vulfov also ridicules the argument that the monuments must be left standing in order to preserve that part of history, by the doctor saying that the tumor must remain in the patients body to preserve their medical history. Through the comparison that Vulfov draws, he ridicules the arguments of those in favor of keeping up the statues. Readers are supposed to draw from the analogy that leaving up the offensive monuments just because they represent history is ridiculous. The way to remember the terrible events of slavery and discrimination in this country is not to leave up the statues that were erected to keep the Confederacy alive. Removing the statues does not erase history. It helps us as a nation heal from the damage that the statues caused, and helps us move toward a better future.
Those in opposition to the removal of the statues argue that their removal will be a slippery slope, leading to all sorts of bad things. Vulfov, however, tries to demonstrate that their are actually many benefits. Vulfov references the many benefits that come as a result of removing the statues by writing of the removal of the tumor, "...what's next? Prescribing you medication for your pain? Starting you on a rigorous physical therapy program? Eventually getting you back to feeling healthy? The removal of your tumor is only the beginning of a slippery slope..."
According to the author, museums and textbooks will tell the bitter history of the Civil War without the offensive and harmful statues, just as a patient's medical history can be preserved without the cancerous tumor presiding in his body. The argument made by the President is, in the eyes of Vulfov, so absurd that it is almost humorous. When readers see how their arguments break down once introduced to the analogy of the tumor which so perfectly captures the absurdity of their arguments, the author hopes they will change their minds on the issue.