re: I have heard that "The Patriot" is terribly inaccurate and offensive to the British

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Tarleton and his Tories proceeded to shoot at the Patriots after their surrender, a move that spawned the term “Tarleton’s Quarter,” which in the eyes of the Patriots meant a brutal death at the hands of a cowardly foe. The Continentals lost 113 killed and 203 captured in the Battle of Waxhaws;

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I know about this event. It is also touched on in the movie as well. According to an eye witness, after the white flag was raised, Tarleton's horse was shot out from under him. After that happened, the Loyalists thought the surrendering troops had just killed their commander so they went and killed all the Continentals.

This is not even comparable to the burning of a church full of townspeople.