For second time this month, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, an African-American, stepped off the Senate dais in Richmond while a lawmaker honored a Confederate general.http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/general-assembly/senator-s-speech-honoring-robert-e-lee-left-out-context/article_da310290-2815-53e2-9db0-cef656d29b07.html …
Every speech honoring Lee and the “ lost cause” myth should be met with a speech honoring the true strategic genius of that war and a champion for racial justice, the 18th President, General Ulysses s Grant
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Grant was hardly a champion of racial justice. In 1862 he issued his Genera Order 11 which expelled Jews from Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi.
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Which he regretted the rest of his life and likely had much to do with his fathers business associates. He received wide praise from Jewish leaders during his presidency.
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Even Sherman has his supporters nowadays. Not in the Deep South, of course.
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Surely there are many others deserving of a tribute. I grew up in the south and these southern pride tributes were common, although misguided. I read that Lee wanted no part of tributes and monuments.
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He didn't and nither does his family
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The new Grant bio by Ron Chernow is a fantastic read.
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"strategic genius"? "I have more men & material; i'll win the war of attrition. A bunch of men die? So what?"
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That’s called a strategy and it worked. It was savage but the alternatives were worse.
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Hell Yeah! I vomit whenever I see a fellow Michigander with a rebel bumper sticker/flag/plate as if southern rebellion has any appeal to a Great Lakes American. Maybe the allure of armed rebellion & human bondage dont have a better symbol than stars & bars?
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