The diversity in the monument landscape discussed by experts is a product and motor of a social transformation process that can also be seen in dealing with monuments. On both theoretical and practical levels, social discussions are not only negotiated concerning certain objects, but often taken out on them physically as well. Recently, violent attacks have been directed mostly at monuments to persons whom parts of society consider “inconvenient” and thus no longer worthy of consensus. This article is dedicated to the phenomenon of monument toppling from a theoretical perspective regarding history and historical monuments. It will begin by analyzing iconoclasm as a historical “cultural technique” in its various manifestations—as well as the motivations behind it—to better classify the monument toppling of the present day. Moreover, various possibilities for examination will be discussed through the comparison with inconvenient structural monuments.