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Brev. Brig. Gen'l
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- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- Right here.
They oppose him so vehemently because of the reasons people defend him, and the things they seem to blithely overlook.
The argument invariably goes something like this:
Forrest admirer: He was a self-made man. He was poor and uneducated and made a fortune.
Forrest opponent: Uh yeah, but his success was based on being a slave trader.
That's not opposing him because of the reasons people defend him, though. In your example, in order to oppose him because of the reasons people defend him, the opponent would say they opposed him because he was a self-made man.