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Wilson, liberal? Besides nearly eradicating the 1st Amendment, he was a promoter of the KKK and did his best to reverse any gains Black Americans had made that

by not2b 4y ago

Wilson, liberal? Besides nearly eradicating the 1st Amendment, he was a promoter of the KKK and did his best to reverse any gains Black Americans had made that hadn't already been erased.

MarkMarine 4y ago
That’s why it’s in quotes, but if you start reading the cliffs notes version of history, he is the father of liberalism or some permutation of that. I agree with you, he was a monster.
- yywwbbn 4y ago
  If anyone has to be the ‘father’ of ‘liberalism’ it’s Roosevelt who lost the election to Wilson.
smsm42 4y ago
- MarkMarine 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
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