Re: Happy Robert E. Lee Day!

On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:28:35 +0300
Vote Red! <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 21 Jan 2026, Webbster <[email protected]> posted some
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
> > "Ronny Koch" <[email protected]> wrote in
> > news:aa70d3745fc604db3d375b5d99232932 @dizum.com:
> > 
> >   
> >> This isn’t a different Robert E. Lee—some forgotten crusader for 
> >> human equality. No, this is the Gen. Robert E. Lee who led 
> >> Confederate armies in war against the United States, who 
> >> defended a nation built on the “great truth” that the “negro is 
> >> not equal to the white man,” and whose armies kidnapped and sold 
> >> free black Americans whenever they had the opportunity.
> >>   
> > 
> > Robert E. Lee was a traitor whose name should live in infamy
> > everywhere.   
> 
> Traitor to whom?
> 
> > That “great truth” is a total lie, and the Confederacy was the
> > agresser tying to impose their will on everyone else. The Conferacy
> > was not defending anything.   
> 
> You have that 100% ass-backwards.
> 
> Back then.
> 
> Union - Strong federal government (Blue States)
> Confederacy - States rights (Red States)
> 
> In the modern era:
> 
> Union - Strong federal government (Red States)
> Confederacy - States rights (Blue States)
> 
> Guess who's going to lose.
> 

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