Statues of racists. Placed by racists. For racist purposes. That is what you are defending.
So, if because you are defending clear racism and I am pointing that out it makes you feel that I called you a racist, then so be it. I never once said, "You are a racist." But, you are clearly, 100% objectively defending the acts of racists. That is simply factual information. There is no opinion to it.
If ever in the future there is a magazine of pedophilia, made by pedophiles for the purpose of pedophilia, and let's say for some completely unintelligible reason I decide to defend it by calling it "art" or "we can label it" or some other bombastically bad idea. If in explaining how incredibly bad my ideas on the subject are you or other people make me feel like I am a pedophile with my multi-page defense of the products of pedophiles and comparing it to non-pedophile magazines, I will not hold that against you. I will not claim "pedophilia is now the sin of all American sins" because we are discussing it.
Interesting your concern about sin with this. Obviously, your conscience is getting the best of you. If we were talking about taxes and I brought up racism, you would have a point. But, you are defending blatant racism. Me pointing that out is not bringing racism up as "the sin of all sins of America." You are simply doing even more rationalizing of your unethical stance. You really need to look inside yourself and decide why this is important to you? Why are racist statues of confederates created by racists something you so passionately want to maintain that you would post about it over and over and over again?