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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by dragonwriter on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:23PM (#15752658)
Robert E. Lee is still in history books. He may have a few less monuments than he did a few years ago, but then those who read history books rather than just worshipping graven images of historical figures out of context might realize that Lee himself was opposed to such monuments to either side of the Civil War as barriers to national reconciliation and progress.
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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by clementine95 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:33PM (#15752738)
I mean frankly who gives a damn what Lee thought; the issue is the same with feynman in theat it is their fans who romanticize them.

That said, it’s not exactly uncommon knowledge that Feynman was terrible to women, especially all the ones who followed his first wife, including his second. People aren’t exactly building statues to him so much as his lectures and story telling ability.

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