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People despise traitors because they pretend to be on one side while actually working for another. That's why Benedict Arnold is despised and Lee is not. Lee ma

People despise traitors because they pretend to be on one side while actually working for another. That's why Benedict Arnold is despised and Lee is not. Lee may turned against the Federal government, but he never pretended to be on a different side then he was.

alehlopeh 4y ago
That is absolutely not what a traitor is.
- yywwbbn 4y ago
  Is Lee that different from Washington or any other officer in the Continental army who served in the British army prior to the war? Or do you think there is no distinction between being a rebel and a traitor?