[batista]

>I used to think he was an abrasive fanatic. Oh wait, I still do. I'm tired of being told my decisions are compromises, and wrong ones at that. I'm tired of being told I owe everything to someone by people who completely ignore history.

Being tired of being told something and that something being untrue, are two completely different things.

>Imagine if someone told you "If it weren't for Abraham Lincoln, half the population would still be living in slavery today." You'd laugh in their face.

Only if I was one of those guys that are ignorant about the importance of the particular human subject in history.