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Coworker Randomly Told Me Today That Woodrow Wilson Was A Socialist (hexbear.net)

submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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You know, the racist professor who threw the leader of the actual Socialist Party in jail for opposing his signature national security policy and who later initiated the first Red Scare of the 20th century.

I know to expect this from American conservatives but, sometimes the extent of their political illiteracy gets through and astounds me.

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[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 22 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Yesterday a coworker told me fossil fuel is actually good everyone and that all that stuff about being bad was only true like 10 years ago

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 11 points 11 hours ago

they've got a new kind that actually prevents cancer

[–] GrosMichel@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Does he huff gas?

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 4 points 4 hours ago

It was puzzling because he’s younger than me. I had to ask him to repeat and clarify it a couple of times.