Opinion of Robert E. Lee

[Rob]

He should have been locked up for the rest of his life.

[Rob]

he personally opposed slavery.

He didn't mind having a few hundred on his plantation working for him, though.

[Rob]

Son, there's never been a shortage of hypocrites. The fact that they are so common shouldn't stop us from condemning them. A slaver who theoretically dislikes slavery is a slavedriver and a hypocrite, and deserves nothing but contempt. I like to judge actions, not words.

[Rob]

And had you been born in the early 1800's you'd act the same way people of that period did, from situation to situation.

Most white Americans of the time- even in the deepest South- were not wealthy enough to own slaves. Many others even at that time believed slavery should be abolished outright. That's no argument.

[Rob]

It's really annoying how much Northerners like to bash the Confederacy and hold it over our heads

That's because most southern whites celebrate the Confederacy. Hint: we might think better of you if a majority of your state's voters had opposed a treasonous flag design. You didn't, and that's a slap in the face to everyone who supported the United States during that time.

Few would ever mention the Civil War if y'all didn't seem so fucking proud of it.