Message from @Dr.Wol

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2018-07-23 07:39:36 UTC  

The difference is that I think people actually think Trump is a madman.

2018-07-23 07:39:57 UTC  

Personally, I'm of the theory that Trump has a bit too much respect for his generals to just wage random wars.

2018-07-23 07:40:35 UTC  

It should be noted that Nixon is famous in the Far East for brokering his meeting with China and breaking it out of the immediate Soviet Orbit.

2018-07-23 07:43:12 UTC  

Wasn't Nixon a great president?

2018-07-23 07:43:20 UTC  

Except for the Watergate scandal

2018-07-23 07:43:34 UTC  

He did a lot of good for the country didn't he?

2018-07-23 07:44:13 UTC  

I can't really say. Nixon's legacy tends to be overshadowed by Watergate.

2018-07-23 07:44:14 UTC  

Nixon made the south Republican

2018-07-23 07:44:26 UTC  

he started the Environment Protection Agency

2018-07-23 07:44:31 UTC  

It's kinda unfortunate, it's all anyone talks about and as a result everyone's really ignorant.

2018-07-23 07:44:33 UTC  

relationships with China were softened

2018-07-23 07:44:42 UTC  

I know him because I used to be very into foreign relations.

2018-07-23 07:45:26 UTC  

He also ended Vietnam, which was probably what really put him in office.

He was also a hardass on the various groups engaging in bombings from the late 60s.

2018-07-23 07:45:56 UTC  

It's actually very disappointing how little most Americans know of their own history.

2018-07-23 07:46:42 UTC  

I struggle to find undergrads who can say anything about Jackson besides "trail of tears."

Which is very bothersome because he was a very important president who wildly reshaped the country in the time afterwards.

2018-07-23 07:46:56 UTC  

And like him or not, it's important to know his place.

2018-07-23 07:47:04 UTC  

Andrew Jackson?

2018-07-23 07:47:14 UTC  

Yeah.

2018-07-23 07:47:17 UTC  

he was badass

2018-07-23 07:47:28 UTC  

some assassin tried to kill him

2018-07-23 07:47:31 UTC  

grabbed his gun

2018-07-23 07:47:34 UTC  

failed

2018-07-23 07:47:38 UTC  

grabbed a second gun

2018-07-23 07:47:40 UTC  

failed

2018-07-23 07:47:45 UTC  

and then Andrew Jackson beat him with his walking cane

2018-07-23 07:47:57 UTC  

Andrew is awesome

2018-07-23 07:48:00 UTC  

😂 f00kin legend

2018-07-23 07:48:04 UTC  

Andrew Jackson was perhaps the first "People's President"

2018-07-23 07:48:14 UTC  

populist

2018-07-23 07:48:28 UTC  

But the unis have a thing against that kind of thing so they just call him racist and emphasize the Trail of Tears at the expense of everything else.

2018-07-23 07:48:56 UTC  

...Coincidentally, I think understanding Trump requires understanding Jackson.

2018-07-23 07:49:08 UTC  

So the treatment is probably not accidental.

2018-07-23 07:49:22 UTC  

History is a SJW converged discipline.

2018-07-23 07:49:39 UTC  

History is a set of lies agreed upon

2018-07-23 07:49:47 UTC  

speaking of forgotten presidents

2018-07-23 07:49:58 UTC  

i think william Harrison's legacy is overlooked so badly 😦

2018-07-23 07:50:51 UTC  

people don't know about all the things he did

2018-07-23 07:51:55 UTC  

What'd he do you think is significant?

2018-07-23 07:52:16 UTC  

Admittedly, I'm enough of a libertrian to be fond of Coolidge for doing very little.

2018-07-23 07:52:25 UTC  

he died after 33 days into his presidency