Well, it’s been a long time coming, but political correctness has caught up to the people of Charlottesville, Virginia, where preparations are underway to remove the city’s beloved statue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Protests by residents fell on deaf ears as they were unequivocally told to say ciao to Benito.

“It’s unconstitutional. God fearing, honest, patriots like me are being denied the right to celebrate the ideas and actions of historical figures, just because their ideas have absolutely no place in modern society and the country fought a war against them. Those leftists have gone mad.” Said one concerned citizen.

There are concerns that the furor over statues could have an impact on the statue’s twin, a 45 ft monolithic replication of Adolf Hitler just down the way from ‘Ol’ Benny’.

The demolition of the steel idol has sent shock-waves across the country, sparking fresh debate on an issue the nation thought it had put to bed in 1945.