Another Bolshevik hack's ignorant view. Leftists don't actually study history, they just try to rewrite or destroy it. The Leftist filth have no problem morally equivocating and making excuses for Jihadis and Islam or any other Third World (read non-White European) revolutionaries, and are incessantly lecturing us on how we should "better understand" them. Yet there is no desire or attempt by the Leftist media, academia, or political elites to better understand the complicated history and personalities of slavery in America and the diverse viewpoints that led Southerners to rebel and secede.  Robert E. Lee is revered for the fact he was a man of honor and integrity who came to his decision to resign from the US Army and defend his state after long and hard moral deliberations. He was so respected by all of America, that he was offered command of the US/Union Army. Leftist attempt to portray him as some kind of Hollywood cliche "slaveowner" is repulsive to historical fact.