The Woodrow Wilson Thread
Posted: 05 Nov 2008, 2:30pm
Man, that guy was a dick. Why do people look fondly on him?
His crackdowns on pacifists and unionists are completely unconscionable, WWI was a pointless slaughter, and intervening in the Russian Revolution set a terrible precedent. Fuck that guy.BostonBeaneater wrote:I'm indifferent to Woodrow. He lied about keeping the country out of the Great War and he is proudly quoted in the most notorious Klan movie ever but he also seemed to be an honest supporter of the League of Nations which, even if deeply flawed, was well minded.
Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
It's confusing hatred of the subset for hatred of the superset.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
Beaneater is IMCT's id.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
Excellent.eumaas wrote:It's confusing hatred of the subset for hatred of the superset.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
Hoy just exploded.
Although I'm assuming hatred for Venn diagrams extends to hatred for Euler diagrams... maybe I'm incorrect.Wolter wrote:Excellent.eumaas wrote:It's confusing hatred of the subset for hatred of the superset.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
Hoy just exploded.
Does that make Hoy IMCT's superego?Dr. Medulla wrote:Beaneater is IMCT's id.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.
I feel very uncomfortable with notion. Very uncomfortable.JennyB wrote:Does that make Hoy IMCT's superego?Dr. Medulla wrote:Beaneater is IMCT's id.Wolter wrote:We call that Beaneater's Law.eumaas wrote:Calling Andrew Jackson a racist is like calling H. P. Lovecraft a racist. It misses the essential fact that they harbored deep hatred for almost everything and were lunatics.Dr. Medulla wrote:Here's my "link" to Woodrow Wilson. His chief biographer and editor of his papers was the historian Arthur Link. His son, Bill Link, was the grad director in Greensboro when I did my MA. Bill and I rather openly hated each other, culminating in him flipping out at me in his office because I told him that his critique of my major paper wasn't constructive. His door was open and it was heard throughout the department, where his temporary insanity became office gossip. I think his enemies in the department appreciated it.
In closing, Woodrow Wilson: Massive Prick.
(Andrew Jackson was probably more racist than Wilson, tho.)
Great story, though.