Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Trump: 'Robert E. Lee was a great general' [View all]TomSlick
(11,098 posts)32. Sorry. Montgomery may have been over-cautious, but he never took up arms against his country
I appreciate that it is perhaps unfair to apply today's standards to historical figures. Nevertheless, the oath Lee took was the same as the one I took. It's language is clear.
Somehow George Thomas (USA), Montgomery Meigs (USA), and David Farragut (USN) and others understood.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
144 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Cheeto Benito isn't trying to impress Ohioans who are proud of U.S. Grant
Cirque du So-What
Oct 2018
#15
Americans in general should be proud of Grant, who despite much malignity, was not only...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#81
I always admired Grant, but my admiration increased exponentially when I read 'Grant' by Ron Chernow
Aristus
Oct 2018
#90
I agree. I think that Grant simply had a low tolerance for alcohol, but in no way...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#94
when i visited manhattan. i think his tomb was the 1st thing i went to see.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2018
#113
You're probably referring to the Chernow book. There are several other major biographies that...
NNadir
Oct 2018
#136
I think that's the one. I'll be reading it as soon as I can get my hands on it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#137
Guess he's bucking for NRA President. They had Confederate loving Prez a few years ago from Alabama.
Hoyt
Oct 2018
#3
I grew up in the South and went to public school there. The myth of the benevolent Lee is just that:
Aristus
Oct 2018
#99
Sorry. Montgomery may have been over-cautious, but he never took up arms against his country
TomSlick
Oct 2018
#32
Excellent. This admiration of Lee was created during a previous rise of white supremacy.
yardwork
Oct 2018
#130
Thank God you republicans won that war... You really whipped those Southerners.
keithbvadu2
Oct 2018
#24
This is the guy having a love affair with Kim Jong Un (wonder how Melania feels about that?) !!
George II
Oct 2018
#35
People who argue Pickett's Charge was a mistake don't offer other options where Lee could have won
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#116
Yes, Lee was a good general but he did lose the war and if McClellan had followed Lee after .....
Botany
Oct 2018
#57
I wonder if Trump would change his mind if someone told him that Lee, having
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2018
#65
I'd like to point out, as a sidebar, that Rump went down to Floribama to campaign for pedo Moore,
Mc Mike
Oct 2018
#74
If I can add: the entire Eastern theater is overglamorized, overanalyzed, and overrated
Recursion
Oct 2018
#85
I love to hear what Newt Gingrich thinks of rump's remarks. He's written a book (maybe ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2018
#102
someone should edit some Fox News video & figure out how to feed it to his TV...
yurbud
Oct 2018
#105