TRY THIS REBUTTAL:
Passage of time doesn't make you correct. If it did, by definition, what is correct now may not be correct in the future. If anything, what you are saying is that this (statue, team name, corporate logo, etc) has been "incorrect" for some time yet nobody really has had a problem with it.
I know this is next level logic, but it's still pretty rock solid as far as I can tell.
The myth of progress towards utopia. Star Trek the next generation had it all. No religion, no hunger, just peaceful exploration and science. Guess what tho, they still got into battles in like every episode