Opinion of Robert E. Lee

[TDAS04]

Confederate general=HP. 

[TNF]

Traitor.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Obviously, anyone who supports a treasonous regime is an HP in total, but he was far from the worst Confederate.

[Lief 🗽]

Traitor. Should have been executed after the war for treason, along with the rest of the Confederate leadership.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Traitor. Should have been executed after the war for treason, along with the rest of the Confederate leadership.

[The Dowager Mod]

FF.

[H. Ross Peron]

Traitor.

[ElectionsGuy]

A Confederate general is always going to be a HP to me, but I don't think he was a true HP as a person.

[TNF]

A Confederate general is always going to be a HP to me, but I don't think he was a true HP as a person.

#notalltreasonousslaveholdingwhitesupremacists

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Took the wrong side.

[RogueBeaver]

Traitor.

[MurrayBannerman]

Leave your home or your a traitor!

Sound logic

[TNF]

Leave your home or your a traitor!

Sound logic

He was a traitor for backing the attempt by the Slave Power to destroy the union.

[MurrayBannerman]

Leave your home or your a traitor!

Sound logic

He was a traitor for backing the attempt by the Slave Power to destroy the union.

The moment Virginia seceded, it became his home country. It makes no sense to call him a traitor.

And, for what it's worth, his stance on slavery is highly objectionable.

[Cassius]

Its rather ripe that TNF, the man who mocks 'muh lines on a map' and denigrates the concept of patriotism and loyalty to the state is attacking Robert E. Lee for being a traitor.

[anvi]

I'm baffled by his supposed sense of "honor."  Though he supposedly acknowledged that slavery was an "evil" (though one that presumably should be maintained until the slaves were Christianized), and did not approve of secession, he fought to protect both of them.  Often a brilliant battlefield tactician, until Gettysburg anyway.  But anyone who agrees to lead an army that kills people in the name of a cause they don't even believe in can't be anything but an HP.

[MurrayBannerman]

I'm baffled by his supposed sense of "honor."  Though he supposedly acknowledged that slavery was an "evil" (though one that presumably should be maintained until the slaves were Christianized), and did not approve of secession, he fought to protect both of them.  Often a brilliant battlefield tactician, until Gettysburg anyway.  But anyone who agrees to lead an army that kills people in the name of a cause they don't even believe in can't be anything but an HP.

This reeks of winners write history.

[anvi]

I'm baffled by his supposed sense of "honor."  Though he supposedly acknowledged that slavery was an "evil" (though one that presumably should be maintained until the slaves were Christianized), and did not approve of secession, he fought to protect both of them.  Often a brilliant battlefield tactician, until Gettysburg anyway.  But anyone who agrees to lead an army that kills people in the name of a cause they don't even believe in can't be anything but an HP.

This reeks of winners write history.

I don't think anyone should fight for a cause they don't believe in.  That includes Union generals.

[MurrayBannerman]

I'm baffled by his supposed sense of "honor."  Though he supposedly acknowledged that slavery was an "evil" (though one that presumably should be maintained until the slaves were Christianized), and did not approve of secession, he fought to protect both of them.  Often a brilliant battlefield tactician, until Gettysburg anyway.  But anyone who agrees to lead an army that kills people in the name of a cause they don't even believe in can't be anything but an HP.

This reeks of winners write history.

I don't think anyone should fight for a cause they don't believe in.  That includes Union generals.

Lee was going to fight for his home regardless of sides.

I don't disagree with someone calling him a HP as the point is objectionable. But, calling him a traitor is asinine.

[SWE]

Massive HP

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I'm baffled by his supposed sense of "honor."  Though he supposedly acknowledged that slavery was an "evil" (though one that presumably should be maintained until the slaves were Christianized), and did not approve of secession, he fought to protect both of them.  Often a brilliant battlefield tactician, until Gettysburg anyway.  But anyone who agrees to lead an army that kills people in the name of a cause they don't even believe in can't be anything but an HP.

He did not see himself as fighting for any cause except in defense of his home, Virginia.

[anvi]

I didn't call Lee a traitor, TNF did.  And while Lee surely did see himself as fighting to defend his "country" (Virginia), he couldn't have been unaware of the implications that he was thereby defending Virginia's succession and that he was defending their right to maintain slavery.  Lee was far too brilliant not to have been cognizant of this.  That having been said, there were loads of union generals and soldiers that were massive HPs as well, there is no doubt about that.

[Flake]

"I like the union.... but Virginia..."

HP

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The best of a rotten bunch.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I didn't call Lee a traitor, TNF did.  And while Lee surely did see himself as fighting to defend his "country" (Virginia), he couldn't have been unaware of the implications that he was thereby defending Virginia's succession and that he was defending their right to maintain slavery.  Lee was far too brilliant not to have been cognizant of this.  That having been said, there were loads of union generals and soldiers that were massive HPs as well, there is no doubt about that.

I can't blame anyone for taking up the fight to defend their homeland even if they disagree with the politics of what led to the fight.  When you are looking at the threat of an army coming in and overrunning your town or city and region, abstractions go out the window.