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FavorablePrint t1_iy5h3w8 wrote

Grant was a total badass. He gets maligned because of his trust in the wrong people but the dude was as legit as they came.

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yousorename t1_iy6almx wrote

Also maligned because people started to believe generations worth of “Lost Cause” neo-Confederate sick-head propaganda that painted him as an incompetent drunk.

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FavorablePrint t1_iy8zb5i wrote

People venerate RELee as this great military leader but Grant routinely stomped him. Even during the Mexican War, Lee's reputation was overblown.

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Pikesmakker t1_iy6bn13 wrote

Grant was a truly great American, and has been the victim of Confederate revisionist slander

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