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Was Robert E. Lee a bad person?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 9:58 am
Posted on 9/26/17 at 9:58 am
Did he have any redeeming qualities?
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Posted on 9/26/17 at 9:59 am to tigerpawl
He was a white male. Does anything else need to be said?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 9:59 am to tigerpawl
he fought for a noble cause.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:00 am to tigerpawl
I only met him once for lunch.
He was nice enough. He was adamant about splitting the check though.
He was nice enough. He was adamant about splitting the check though.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:00 am to tigerpawl
Why do you ask?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:00 am to Scruffy
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adamant about splitting
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:00 am to tigerpawl
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Did he have any redeeming qualities?
He was the greatest cadet West Point ever produced.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:01 am to tigerpawl
are we talking about the confederate general or the broadcaster?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:04 am to Scruffy
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He was adamant about splitting the check though.
Well played sir. Well played.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:27 am to tigerpawl
I've known a few Democrat history profs. They all agreed that Lee was a person of very high character.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:29 am to tigerpawl
He fought for a despicable cause. That's my issue with him. Of course he probably wasn't some cartoon villain, though.
Good men make poor decisions on occasion.
Good men make poor decisions on occasion.
This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:30 am to tigerpawl
One of the most honorable men this nation has ever produced, including the founders.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:35 am to TbirdSpur2010
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He fought for a despicable cause.
In modern lexicon, yes.
But you would not hear the men who fought against him say he was anything but honorable. I doubt many of the slaves would have called him a bad man.
They hated that he was so effective at what he did, and every last one of them would have wanted him on their side.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:45 am to TbirdSpur2010
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He fought for a despicable cause.
If the issue is slavery then I agree. It was a despicable institution and one that would have died under it's on weight in time.
If the issue is states rights then the fight was a noble one and one that was sadly lost.
I bristle when fools call Lee and other confederate generals traitors. These men were loyal to their states as was the custom at the time.
This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 10:46 am
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:52 am to tigerpawl
It would help if you looked up what he did both before, and more importantly, after the War. Read a book or two on the subject. There is a reason that one of the most prominent private liberal arts universities in the country includes his name that has little, if anything, to do with his service to the CSA
Posted on 9/26/17 at 10:59 am to tigerpawl
In my opinion, it is not an accurate to measure a historical figure (or any person really from the past) based only on modern standards. You need to judge him by the standards of his day. They are a product of their times.
Based on the standards of his time, Robert E. Lee was judged to have been a good, moral, and noble person who was respected in both the North and the South.
Therefore, I would say that Robert E. Lee was in general, a good person.
Based on the standards of his time, Robert E. Lee was judged to have been a good, moral, and noble person who was respected in both the North and the South.
Therefore, I would say that Robert E. Lee was in general, a good person.
This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 11:01 am
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:05 am to tigerpawl
hitler was an uostanding citize and Churchill was a drunken frick up. who's the bad guy?
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:06 am to tigerpawl
why ask that question when your follow up indication implies that he was a bad person.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:07 am to tigerpawl
i met him shortly before the game that espn decided that he couldnt do his play by play announcing in.
he wasnt too upset so i would say he was a good dude
he wasnt too upset so i would say he was a good dude
Posted on 9/26/17 at 11:08 am to ChineseBandit58
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But you would not hear the men who fought against him say he was anything but honorable
This is not true. HIs former house isn't Arlington Cemetery because the Union respected him - it's because they wanted him to lose the ability to return to his home after his disgrace.
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