So stating a fact is now racist? Every war historian on the planet agrees that Robert E. Lee was the greatest general of the civil war. In fact the confederacy was undermanned and undergunned and it wasn't until the last few months that a decisive victory was obvious for the union. The union suffered from massive incompetence from their leadership right up until nearly the end. You're really trying hard to race bait here. Stop. Assuming you're American you need to learn your history. What you're doing is the same thing as saying Rommel was a bad general because he fought for Germany in WW2. You can say someone was great at what they did and also denounce their involvement with a group that committed atrocities. Binary thinking is why you're never going to grow.
I'm sad they were ripped apart too. If people don't want them that's fine. Put them in a history museum. The destruction of history of our country is akin to the destruction of library of Alexandria. A pitiful attempt to stop wrongthink from people who don't understand anything. You absolutely can. He was an evil man but his leadership ability was also incredible.
I understand you're lacking in the ability to think outside of binary. Let's split this up a little and I'll bow out of this topic because I'm not going to be dragged down to your level and beat to death with your thick skull. 1. Optics It probably isn't appropriate for a president to mention anything controversial. Despite being historically and factually true that Grant was inferior to Lee and Lee was a superior tactician and charismatic leader the average American IQ is 95 and I doubt they can produce a single thought that doesn't come directly from a news pundit. 2. Trump supporters like Hitler This is Godwin's law and the reason I'm bowing out of this. Not only is it untrue prima facie if you spend any time doing opposition research you'd find there are many Trump supporters who are generational relatives of someone who fought in WW2. This would be akin to making the connection "all Bernie supporters love communism", which while many do, the majority are still just normal room temperature IQ Americans. If you want to have an actual debate I'd be willing to you but honestly what you're doing here is pitiful. Thanks for wasting my time. I was hoping you'd actually respond with something of substance. Even @exGOPer puts up a better fight and he's probably the most sad.