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Before I joined this site, I had, aside from critiques of his bigotry, rarely heard a bad thing uttered about Woodrow Wilson, even from my ultra-liberal high school history teachers (though, to be fair, we didn't talk about him a whole lot). Yet on this board, he seems to be wholeheartedly despised.

Aside from his horrid racial policies (hyper-segregating the Federal government, etc.), why else is he so demonized here? I've even read some comments that say he was the most likely president (pre-Bush) to turn this country into a fascist or dictatorial regime, which to me seemed straight out of left field.

So I ask you, fellow AH.com members, why was Woodrow Wilson such a terrible president?
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