(September 11, 2017 at 7:08 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: We accept the paradox of Thomas Jefferson, still usually considered a great man, even though he owned slaves and helped, in his way, petpetuate a brutal system in spite of himself, and yet, for whatever reason the paradox of Robert E. Lee is too much for many people. I mean, I can understand ignoring Nathan Bedford Forrest's change of heart about race near the end of his life, but Lee?
The reason why they're regarded differently is because Jefferson did not take up arms against his country and his oath in order to defend slavery.
All men have flaws. The difference is that with some of them their flaws, egregious though they might be, aren't defended to the death.
