Enough already. It’s time for us to stand up to the mobs and against the destruction of valuable and historic statues and monuments in our country.

What’s going on today is reminiscent of the purges by the communists in the former Soviet Union, where history could be rewritten with a nod from the party. People disappeared, city names were changed and monuments and icons came down overnight.

Nobody dared to object if they valued their lives.

Here, nobody seems to dare step in and stop a relatively small group of troublemakers and overzealous protesters. We allow attacks on statues of historic figures as if they were demonstrations of freedom of speech, not the acts of vandalism they actually are.

The latest:

“NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least two statues of prominent historical figures were pulled from their pedestals in New Orleans and another has been covered with red spray paint, authorities said Friday.

“Statues of John McDonogh, who built a fortune on slave labor and left it to educating children, and Charles Didier Dreux, the first Confederate officer killed in the Civil War, were toppled late Thursday. A monument celebrating educator and philanthropist Sophie B. Wright was spray-painted with “BLM,” which stands for Black Lives Matter, and a hood placed over that statue’s head.”

That’s just wrong. Our history, the good and the most uncivilized aspects of it, need to be preserved and taught, not politicized and wiped clean.

Example: We know that the four men whose faces are on Mount Rushmore all had their weaknesses, but their contributions to freedom were immeasurable. Their likenesses, at Rushmore and elsewhere, need to be preserved at great cost not toppled like statues of evil men the likes of Saddam Hussein.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration said those responsible for Thursday’s vandalism “will face consequences.”

Let’s hope that pledge is a sincere one.

And let’s hope this illness does not spread to the Magic City. We have a Teddy statue too.