Article about how Gen. Lee wasn't really a great man: [View all]

[Ilsa]

Adam Serwer on the myth of the kindly General Robert E. Lee: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/?utm_source=atlfb

I never knew that much about him, but this article makes me want to tear down all of the statues, including the ones in the museums that I advocated for before. There is no reason to gaze upon this man's image.

He tore slave families apart, cruelly punished slaves who tried to run away, conscripted freed Blacks (in PA) into his army, stated that the slaves were better off as slaves here vs being free in Africa. Another Deplorable.