Why do so many historical heroes we learn in school have a dark side?

[smahala1991]

I'm asking this after allegations against Cesar Chavez made by Delores Huerta that back in the 60s she was raped by him and had secret children by him.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

…you’re not seriously asking this. You’re asking why people in power might have made decisions that made other people’s lives worse and it was documented?

[jennifer_bloom]

It’s because genuinely good people are not attention seekers and it’s the fake show offs that get noticed first since they make building their reputation a second job.

[WindAtMyBack]

Because if history books only contained people with squeaky clean lives, the history books would be mostly empty.

[strateguy632]

Um Chavez is not a hero! Even abe lincoln -r was never accused by his enemies of rapping.

[NathanDavis]

because they're real people...

[exitseven]

nobody's perfect.