Absolutely, positively, and I can’t say this enough, fuck Woodrow Wilson
Guido_Fawkes1605 on
He was not even the most progressive politician running in 1912. Roosevelt and Debs were leagues ahead of him
Connect_Reading9499 on
PhDs should never be president.Â
beerhaws on
Eh, having a soft spot for interventionism and the KKK makes him tough to like
drunkenmime on
Woodrow Wilson passed the Federal Reserve Act. Fuck that guy.
the_dalai_mangala on
Our founding fathers were liberal revolutionaries. Don’t tell r/conservative
AndrewJackson64 on
Screw him
BioDriver on
I hope Wilson never gets comfortable in hell
SnailSlimer2000 on
I do like he attempted to try make balanced solutions for geopolitical issues, although it didnt work out but did make US appear less agressive in a time of chaos.
Also the federal reserve was a massive W for the country, otherwise quite meh, racist but not bombastically stupid like Andrew Johnson or bush jr.
thecountnotthesaint on
That’s just yin and yin. Some of the most racist people are progressives.
Successful_Gas_5122 on
All my homies hate Wilson
Trigger-Presser on
Clearly a man ahead of his time.
_Boodstain_ on
He also had a Savior complex
ChudUndercock on
If France and Britain listened to him and just forgave Germany they could have averted world war 2.
elykl12 on
Wilson’s historical ranking dropping overtime is one of the more interesting subplots in historical discourse I’ve noted over the course of my life
SickAnto on
I am too European and know Wilson on the surface, can someone explain to me how he is supposed to be “one of the most progressive politicians”?
jnasty0526 on
No yang here, fuck him completely.
Blade_Shot24 on
Progressive in political or social cause I think folks miss the context…
Nuclear-Jester on
… He supported Albania’s indipendence against Serbia/Greece/Italy so he did something good
No-Professional-1461 on
It goes hand in hand with the democrat party at that time.
TehProfessor96 on
Wilson in many way strikes me as the economic spiritual successor to Andrew Jackson. His ideal America was one where your political and economic rights were guaranteed…if you were a white male.
UltraTata on
Racism was tied to science back then, as no non-european state had developed yet there was reasonable evidence to back it up, and it was also almost uncontested.
Honestly, I think all of us would have been pretty racists back then. Thankfully, Truth wins in the end.
Specialist_Sound9738 on
Unless you acknowledge that progressive = racist
MrMr_sir_sir on
I think Wilson is an overhated president.
teddygomi on
This is the asshat who got us involved in WW1.
PM_ME_DNA on
Both are bad
incasuns on
That’s not how forks in the road work. You don’t get to pick good or bad Wilson.
wired1984 on
He has very high pros and very high negatives as a president. A lot of people have a hard time judging that.
AlcoholicHistorian on
Yeah no his “progressive” was just minimal self determination for the European ethnicities white enough for him to care, and the less catholic they were the better
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Absolutely, positively, and I can’t say this enough, fuck Woodrow Wilson
He was not even the most progressive politician running in 1912. Roosevelt and Debs were leagues ahead of him
PhDs should never be president.Â
Eh, having a soft spot for interventionism and the KKK makes him tough to like
Woodrow Wilson passed the Federal Reserve Act. Fuck that guy.
Our founding fathers were liberal revolutionaries. Don’t tell r/conservative
Screw him
I hope Wilson never gets comfortable in hell
I do like he attempted to try make balanced solutions for geopolitical issues, although it didnt work out but did make US appear less agressive in a time of chaos.
Also the federal reserve was a massive W for the country, otherwise quite meh, racist but not bombastically stupid like Andrew Johnson or bush jr.
That’s just yin and yin. Some of the most racist people are progressives.
All my homies hate Wilson
Clearly a man ahead of his time.
He also had a Savior complex
If France and Britain listened to him and just forgave Germany they could have averted world war 2.
Wilson’s historical ranking dropping overtime is one of the more interesting subplots in historical discourse I’ve noted over the course of my life
I am too European and know Wilson on the surface, can someone explain to me how he is supposed to be “one of the most progressive politicians”?
No yang here, fuck him completely.
Progressive in political or social cause I think folks miss the context…
… He supported Albania’s indipendence against Serbia/Greece/Italy so he did something good
It goes hand in hand with the democrat party at that time.
Wilson in many way strikes me as the economic spiritual successor to Andrew Jackson. His ideal America was one where your political and economic rights were guaranteed…if you were a white male.
Racism was tied to science back then, as no non-european state had developed yet there was reasonable evidence to back it up, and it was also almost uncontested.
Honestly, I think all of us would have been pretty racists back then. Thankfully, Truth wins in the end.
Unless you acknowledge that progressive = racist
I think Wilson is an overhated president.
This is the asshat who got us involved in WW1.
Both are bad
That’s not how forks in the road work. You don’t get to pick good or bad Wilson.
He has very high pros and very high negatives as a president. A lot of people have a hard time judging that.
Yeah no his “progressive” was just minimal self determination for the European ethnicities white enough for him to care, and the less catholic they were the better