Robert E Lee The Great Emancipator

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(06-09-2013 08:23 PM)tblunk Wrote:  

(06-09-2013 05:57 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I have to disagree with you Liz. That to me is an extreme and unworthy comparison. It's not even "apples to oranges"

While slavery in the United States was terrible, it is not comparable to the torture and murder of about 6 million people. The photo's taken prove it. I'm not even going to even link to any, because I think they are so bad. The goal of slavery in the US was not to kill or wipe out a race of people.

I'm going to come to the defense of Ms. Rosenthal here. (although, she probably doesn't really need my help) She isn't comparing Lee to Hitler, nor is she comparing slavery to genocide. She is merely comparing one statement with another trying to highlight the original statement's implausibility.

Please avail yourself of other comments made over months along the same vein in other threads to see a pattern.