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There are always loser to a war. Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person. Some events in the past have to be viewed from the perspective of the past, even if it is wrong in the present.
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Sounds like moral relativism to me, which is overly simplistic and inadequate. There were abolitionist then. They knew. The human capacity for rationalization and justification is really something.
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Lets get this straight, I dont believe what they did is right. And them continuing to proclaim their innocence and ignorance isnt right, either.
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Why say this in a discussion of Robert E. Lee, then?
Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person.
He's not a bad person for being on the losing side. The stated cause of the losing side was wrong and immoral