No one's 'frightened' of any statue of Lee. Unlike you, however, most people don't try and rationalize honoring treason and traitors.
It's quite a simple matter.
The government against which he fought has honored Robert E. Lee on at least five
postage stamps. Stonewall Jackson has also been memorialized on US stamps.
Some politically correct liberals may consider Confederate Generals like Lee as traitors
but it is obvious the U.S. government does not.
When did you decide that these memorials to Lee & Jackson & Forrest & Wheeler
must be taken down. A week ago, a year ago, 10 years ago. Most of the Lee Monuments
have been up for a century.
Dwight Eisenhower from Kansas a terrific General & President when decorating the Oval Office
to suit himself had placed in the prominent position a portrait of Robert E. Lee. My guess
is that Ike did not view Lee as a traitor but considered Lee a great leader of men as he was.
Seems to me even confederate haters like you could be a little more charitable in an assessment of this fine leader of soldiers. No other general
in Lee's position could have been expected to win, The success he had was astonishing.
From Michael Shaara Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels
'It is an army of 70,000 men of remarkable unity. Though there are many men who cannot read or write they all spoke English.
They share common customs & a common faith & have been consistantly victorious against superior numbers. They have as
solid a faith in their leader as any army that ever marched. He is the most beloved man in either army. He marches north
knowing that a letter has been prepared by Jefferson Davis which offers peace. It is to be placed on the desk of Lincoln the day
after Lee has destroyed the Army of the Potomac somewhere north of Washington.’