signify? i m just arguing that we also dismantled the myth of robert e. lee, the sort of revanchist myth of him being the greatest general in u.s. history, who reluctantly fought for his state. and was, you know, was against slavery, actually. none of that is true. he wasn t a great general, he lost the war. he really lost the war. he lost everything. and took casualties at a rate that, you know, like stalingrad, basically. he was a slave owner, not a kindly one. he said slavery was evil, but it was more evil to the white man than to the black man. he was not a good guy. no. he had this myth, that was used to justify the imposition of jim crow, and the maintenance