Robert E Lee The Great Emancipator

[Gene C]

Liz, I just don't get your point, in my mind there is no comparison (warning - the images below are very graphic)

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(06-09-2013 08:07 PM)Liz Rosenthal Wrote:  My point in making the comparison between Lee-and-Emancipation and Hitler-and-Israel was, I think, apt, even if slavery didn't involve genocide. Both were crimes against humanity. Both were enabled by fear, hatred and indifference. Both involved unimaginable suffering. So I'll stick with my analogy. (Although, in general, as TBlunk pointed out, my main motivation here was to compare implausibilities.)