Wednesday, January 28, 2015

On Why President Wilson Went After Eugene V. Debs (for Opposing His Stupid War) but Didn't Go After William Jennings Bryan (Who Also Opposed it)

Because he could. Nobody gave a rat's ass about Debs because he was a communist and so Wilson the serial bully took advantage of it. Yeah, we've had a fair number of bad Presidents over the years (Fillmore, Johnson 1, Johnson 2, Nixon, Hoover, McKinley, FDR, TR, Bush 2, etc.) but Wilson, for some reason I find him particularly disgusting and this is a pitch-perfect example of why.

2 comments:

dmarks said...

Debs was quite a destructive individual, with some dubious activities. Regardless, his making a speech (what got him in big trouble) was entirely protected in the Constitution.

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

The U.S. was a nation under lockdown during Wilson's reign, pure and simple.