• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    101·
    2 months ago

    Jackson I actually have a strange kind of (limited) respect for. On one hand, absolutely, he was a traitor serving one of the most abominable causes known to man. On the other hand, of all the traitors, him and Longstreet are the only ones with any sort of competence or humanity in them.

    Jackson was a religious fanatic, but to the point of breaking law and custom to teach slaves how to read, and was never a major supporter of slavery himself. He also was a legitimately daring cavalry commander. Ignore this, I made a dumb mistake.

    Tear his statues down, certainly. No traitor nor supporter of that abominable cause ought to be honored. But I’ll freely admit he’s not as bad as his fellow traitors.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      Fuck Jackson with a pole. Still have to admire his fucking guile and bravado. What he did to my blood and our nation is unforgivable and he his ideals can rot in hell for all I care. Still he was a warrior that faced their enemy in arms so I give them acknowledgment.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Fuck, no, I just made a mistake. I mixed him up with his subordinate, JEB Stuart. The bit about the religiousity still stands.

        • hydrospanner@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          He was an absolute religious fanatic who also not only rationalized slavery into his world view, but used religion to do so.

          I won’t besmirch his talents as a military general, but I certainly would not put him on the same level as Longstreet in terms of overall respectability.