[jz638]

This may be unpopular on this forum, but I wouldn’t lose a moment off sleep if this happened. Robert E. Lee made significant efforts to restore the union after the civil war but he also fought in a civil war on the losing side to preserve slaveholding as a right to be preserved by governments. Many of his generals were either worthless in battle (Bragg) or eager slaveholders (Benning). This ain’t the hill I’m dying on.

[SmokingJoe]

Many of his generals were either worthless in battle (Bragg) or eager slaveholders (Benning).

Okay. I'll bite.
Washington was a slave holder too so I guess you are all for renaming Washington DC too yes?
How about renaming DC after Karl Marx?.
That sounds like a very nice name no?

This ain’t the hill I’m dying on.

What hill will die for then?
The Joseph Stalin Hill or Fidel Castro Hill?

[mass55th]

You forget those men served in the U.S. Military for more years than they were in the Confederacy, and several fought in the Mexican-American War. Robert E. Lee was Superintendent of West Point, and also fought in Mexico.

[Svartalfiar]

This may be unpopular on this forum, but I wouldn’t lose a moment off sleep if this happened. Robert E. Lee made significant efforts to restore the union after the civil war but he also fought in a civil war on the losing side to preserve slaveholding as a right to be preserved by governments. Many of his generals were either worthless in battle (Bragg) or eager slaveholders (Benning). This ain’t the hill I’m dying on.

You shoild do some research before spouting off nonsense like that. Lee's resignation had nothing to do with attempting to preserve slaveholding, it was entirely under his honor to defend his native State from invasion.

[Stravinsky]

They call people like you useful idiots.