A Genuine Hero

Reprinted from NewsMax.com ^ | Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 | Calvin E. Johnson Jr.

[don-o]

it is simply inhuman to compare this philosophical arguement to the defense a state's right to allow something as morally reprehensible as slavery.

If slavery, ipso facto is "morally reprehensible" tell me why then is it not condemned outright in Holy Scripture?

Abolition of chattel slavery was just the convenient excuse for the subjugation of the South.

Slavery was a part of a culture and way of life which the industrial North needed to get rid of by any means necessary. If you will do some serious study, you will find many Southrons who acknowledged the evils around the institution. Slaveowners who mistreated their people, as Marse Robert always called his slaves, were the scum of the earth - a.k.a. white trash.

Many took care that their slaves were treated humanely, kept families intact and enabled the Africans the blessing of the Christian faith.

The abolitionists goal of making the South Northern was a post facto declaration of war. Back then, the rights of the states actually meant something to the citizens of the state.

[HiJinx]

One of my co-workers educated me in a similar manner a couple of hours ago...
I am now enlightened, and thank you for taking the time to disabuse me of my ignorance. :-)

[Colt .45]

"And yet he led his men to slaughter fighting for a state's right to determine something that he did not agree with. How principled! What a true hero!"

What a newby! You ... are a quack. Not only a quack, but a politically correctivist, leftist leaning historical revisionist moron.

Robert E. Lee did what he felt was his duty! Something you would know nothing about. He was a moral and principled man (which you are not), he felt that "duty" was a higher calling from God. He knew that duty was not always easy, but to do one's duty was right and just. He felt his duty was to his home state of Virginia, his allegiance was to the Old Dominion. He was saddened by the Secession of the South, but knew that his duty lay with his state.

I quote from the 'Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography' - 'Lee's skill as a general rested on his ability to analyze a situation swiftly and accurately, his knack for anticipating an enemy's movements, and his abilities as improvisation and extemporization; these skills were matched by a great strength of character, a high sense of duty, and genuine humility, and selflessness; one of the great generals.'

You would do well to study the actual truth about this great man. But I see you would rather run around sounding like an unprincipled PC hack. Your kind aren't welcomed too kindly here!

[Twodees]

There's nothing heroic about killing one's countrymen for the right to enslave people stolen from their own country. Who did that, and why did you bring up that non sequitor?

I think you've inadvertantly wandered away from your Marxist discussion forum. Click the back button on your browser until you're back at DU.

[mo]

Boy-among men who know and can judge men, Lee is truly head and shoulders above all in almost every attribute and asset. The best description of Lee I have seen ascribed to him is "stainless". Some have descibed him as a "true Christian Gentleman"; none knowing Lee have ever truly observed or attributed to him, a character or conduct flaw. Only Ronald Reagan, in my estimation approaches Lee in this capacity. My observation is that those insisting upon reviling either man, demonstrate ignorance or fear of someone they find incomprehensible.

[Leesylvanian]

Not knowing everything is a sign of being human; knowing when to ask is a sign of intelligence.

[LadyJD]

I believe the lobster may be the infamous homosexual man-hating "Crawfish", a true worm. Notice the non-answer to the challenge put forth about Grant's slave owning. Typical of these sphinc-lovers.

[Twodees]

Yes,ma'am. You're right as well about what kind of crustacean he resembles. I was thinking of a shrimp, but a lobster takes on a decidedly red hue when cooked. Communists are smoked out very quickly in a discussion of the history of the South.

[wasp69]

What exactly is heroic about killing fellow Americans for the right to enslave a race of people stolen from their homeland?
4 posted on 1/2/02 1:39 PM Eastern by Crustacean

Damn, that didn't take long.