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rurallib
(62,423 posts)Only will say Lee was a traitor and deserves no statues, schools, streets, buildings or anything paid for with public dollars named for him.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)Rommel was working for his country. Lee, a US Army officer, decided his loyalty to his state of Virginia trumped (sic) his loyalty to the United States.
That's all in the past, though, or should be.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)or at least took part in the plan. Lee is one of many who was lionized into cult like status as part of the revival of white power during and after Reconstruction. Was he a raving lunatic bigot like many Confederates? No. But he was a slave-owning racist who somewhat moderated after the war and was a great general. But as Grant famously said, to paraphrase, they fought bravely but for one of the worst causes anyone ever fought for.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)n/t.
Persondem
(1,936 posts)Lee bailed on his country and stuck with his decision.
Rommel served his country and then figured out that AH needed to go. He took poison rather than put his family at risk.
To say that they were both good generals working for a bad cause is fair but superficial.
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)than Rommel...
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)at his funeral. He did not want divisive symbols to be displayed nor to follow him to the grave.
For that, I give him credit.