Comments on: Manvotional: Robert E. Lee’s Chivalry

By: Neelotpal

Neelotpal — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:19:59 +0000

Instead of commentng on General Lee’s political affliations we should just compliment his chivalry and leave it at that. Every soldier is to be respected irrespective of his side.

By: j d radcliffe

j d radcliffe — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:41:04 +0000

How does a discussion of R E Lee’s manliness degenerate into an argument over negro slavery? Negro slavery was an established condition, one that Lee wished to be rid of. Lee chose to fight for the tottering Southern aristocracy rather than the burgeoning Northern kleptocracy purely on moral grounds: the South obviously had the edge. Negro slavery had its deficits, but the South at least built colonization societies and worked to rid itself of the burden…something the other side never did (preferring to transfer ownership of the slaves from the southern owners to a new mass, the Federal Government, which still owns them).

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:42:55 +0000

Thanks for the tip on the article. It was a relief to read, and I definitely couldn’t have put it better myself.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:33:32 +0000

Already written, Shane:

http://artofmanliness.com/2011/11/09/should-a-man-be-inspired-by-history/

Haven’t looked at this post is a long time….wow, the discussion got rather crazy, didn’t it?

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:27:45 +0000

By the looks of some of the posts today, Id like to see an article: Appreciating what someone is capable of accomplishing or sacrificing without having to agree with everything they represent. No one is perfect. I should write it myself.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:43:19 +0000

Great story. whether anything i read from the comments are true or not. the lesson of this story is manners. I like it.

And fellow commenters, you either know a lot or are great liars. either way, go get a job. There is too much happy stuff in life to write a 2 hour long essay on why you are right and someone else isn’t.

By: Cody

Cody — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:09:05 +0000

Men,

There’s a bigger issue here, and I pray you listen to me. We talk about all of the slaves that lived in the United States 150 years ago, but there are more slaves now in the world than there ever have been. That’s not a fairytale, it’s not my opinion, it’s a FACT.

Children (male and female) are being captured and sold as sex slaves. This happens all around the world, even here in America. Educate yourself: https://www.freetheslaves.net/SSLPage.aspx?pid=301

http://streetlightusa.org/

This website is about being a gentleman, a real man. Can we ignore this? I think not.

By: Campbell Sproul

Campbell Sproul — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:42:04 +0000

I’m just happy to see the number of people on this site who haven’t been completely brainwashed by the “history” they’re taught in the statist schools these days. The south had every right to secede, for the sake of better localized government, which is what the constitution is all about (I carry around a pocket copy with me, I know my stuff). Was slavery a terrible evil? Absolutely. It was just as evil in the northern states that practiced it after the war as it was in the southern states that practiced it during the war. Both sides had serious issues that they failed on, but to vilify the south is silly. Anybody ever hear of Sherman’s march, the rape, burn, and kill fest that went through most of the state of Georgia? Yea, the north was obviously the righteous liberators you were told about by your federally funded schools. Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton….

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:28:04 +0000

As a lady, I for one am always grateful when a gentleman opens a door for me, offers to help me with heavy packages, or offers me a seat when there is no other. Please know there are many of us who still appreciate this. The mentality that these actions are show how belittling to women is puzzling at best–actually, ridiculous in my humble opinion.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:11:14 +0000

Robert E. Lee is a blood relative of mine and I’ve heard this story from family several times. Maybe chivalry is inherited or as I tell people “my momma raised me right”..