@@pixel6698 well that's your view point and I respect it . I definitely don't think he was perfect but I also don't hold people who were born in 1858 to the standards of today
@@carlosjuarez4327 What he did may not have seemed that extreme to white Americans back then, but for native Americans whose ancestors were forced off their land by him that doesn't make him innocent.
He invited Booker T Washington to have dinner with him and his family at the White house. First time a black man had dinner at the white house. The Southern racists went wild and it was too dangerous for Booker to continue to associate with Teddy. But they had correspondence, and Booker would visit Teddy after hours in secret in the white house, and advise him on his cabinet appointments. HE told Booker he wanted to choose men who would work to raise up the black race. Booker was an informal adviser to Teddy. There's a whole book about their relationship. Teddy also went to Tuskegee University and supported that Black college in Alabama. He was a supporter of blacks in America! True story. And yes he was an imperialist.
@@gaogaigarfinal6Also I brought this banana you could peel upside down while you attempt to pretend anybody ever taught you how to read instead of throw your feces at the wall and go "ooh ooh ahh ahh"
@@scottzema3103He said he requires moral standards, but back in the 1800’s the moral standards held today weren’t the same as back then? Also he said over one hundred years ago, and to add on Washington had slaves does that make him bad?
Teddy created the national parks The Teddy bear is named in his honor after he refused to shoot a black bear. His cousin also became president FDR. Franklin Delano Roosevelt who married Teddy's niece Eleanor. He helped Cuba gain independence. Believed History was important. Knew legendary Wild West lawmen Seth Bullock who was a rough rider and close friend.
@@Makarosc no he wouldn't. Theodore Roosevelt was a huge capitalist but he saw how monopolies hurt the American way and how they hurt business so he busted the trusts but was not a socialist.
I still count him as a great president. He also was the first president to invite a black man to dine in the white house and appointed the first black female postmaster general.
Lol ooooh hé invited a black guy to eat at his house What a pro black activist Lol gtfoh bro. Who gives a shit if the racist invited one black dude to eat Dafuq did that crap do for anybody? It probably didn't even positively help the black dude in the long run
@@marieknight9385 Did he own slaves? Did he start wars? Was he corrupt? Did he get us into a recession? Did he sleep with interns and lie about it? Did he take bribes and cheat the citizens? Nevermind. You already have your mind made up. Have a great day.
Wrong. Roosevelt was not racist, by the standards of his time or ours. He was the first president to allow a black man to dine in the White House. Growing up in rancher country, he had some run ins with natives and was understandably distrustful.
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.” ” he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.” Roosevelt’s racial philosophy of white superiority dovetailed with his support of the eugenics movement, which advocated selective breeding to engineer a race of people with more “desirable” characteristics, and sterilization of “less desirable” people, such as criminals, people with developmental disabilities-and for some, people of color. “Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce,” he wrote in 1913. “Some day we will realize that the prime duty, the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world; and that we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type.” US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did. In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism: All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands.... (I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.” he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.” US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism: All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands…. (I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
Your point you’re making right here, it’s what a lot of us Americans think. And that person that responded is either a child or someone that is incapable of talking with grown ups.
I really wouldn’t call him racist. A woman named Minnie Cox was the first black postmaster for a post office in what would be modern Indiana, many white people of that town gathered and protested and threatened violence against Minnie for her skin color. When Teddy Roosevelt got word that Minnie resigned from her position out of fear of physical harm. Teddy ordered directly that Minnie still be paid her wages as postmaster, and he stopped the mail service from that post office until they allowed Minnie back as postmaster. Teddy kept the mail cut off for over a year, and although Minnie didn’t return as postmaster. She was able to start the one of the first ever Black owned Banks in that state of Indiana.
Teddy Roosevelt was not a racist. In fact he was an advocate for the equality of man. When the left wanted to segregate Federal Offices (and other things) Teddy kept these post desegregated and constantly made sure the leftist counties would follow these.
Stop treating the words "left" and "Democrat" synonymously. The democratic and Republican party has historically always been shifting its views based on the political climate
He is one of the greatest presidents ever. For you to call him a racist is unacceptable. I guess Grunge wants his face blasted off Mt Rushmore? Seriously, it's because of ignorant videos like this that people go do stupid things like destroying the state of Christopher Columbus. Maybe go read what he wrote in context. Yes, he said that because he saw what horrible things the INDIANS did...but he also said they should be treated with respect. Those were different times. "The only wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each Black man and each white man strictly on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he shows himself worthy to have,” - Roosevelt
I'd ask the native Cubans what they think of Columbus's racial policies, but he wiped them out and they're completely extinct, so I cannot confirm or deny what they thought of him. I suppose we'll never know if he was racist or not.
People seem to forget that in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T Washington to the White House for dinner, being one of the only black men to step foot in the building during that time frame. That very event pissed off Southerners for over 30 years.
@@niepieisme9830while I can't deny that he could be called a nationalist and arguably the Philippines show some imperialism. But he was never a racist, he had Booker T. Washington over for dinner to discuss how he thought it was best to "help the black man". And not only that when his cabinet pushed back on him for letting a black man he told them off with something to the effect of I'll eat with whoever the hell I want, fight me. The only semi coherent argument that he was racist was his attitude towards Mexico. But let's list some facts; he fought in the Spanish American war, he led the Rough Riders & never went after latinos when in power. He did his best to halt the treaty breaking of the US government with American Indians and alot of stuff with Chinese Americans I can't quite remember enough to say without sounding dumb. But it's more than that. Have you ever been to a national park? This country used to be absolutely covered in flora and fauna and because he couldn't stop industrialization he did the best thing he could and created these zones where nature couldn't be destroyed in the name of better mechanical amusements.
He is my favorite president for a reason, he may have pressured McKinley into going to war with Spain but anyone who knew the character of the man said that it wasn't for greed or imperial ambition.IIt was because he believed the Spanish would always be an enemy to America and any victory or liberation is a win
Of course not im someone who feed son all historical information and the native Americans aren’t the peaceful nature love stereotype we make them out as they were just as blood thirsty as every other race the Aztecs are a good example
@@Pocoentertainmentstudiowhite people aren't bloodthirsty. We have the lowest crime statistics for a reaaaason. Simply civilized far sooner than other races and it shows. We the whites value intelligence and charisma far more than physical strength. We weren't bred for generations to be animals, some other races however were EXACTLY bred that way if you catch my drift 😮
Why would we be when the US broke every treaty with Native’s ? You want peace but can’t follow your own words , cmon man it doesnt work like that. Just like the US was blood thirsty to get Texas in the 1840’s from Mexico. Try to show me the difference
He also believed Japan to be a civilized society on par with the U.S. and Britain, and he also was a close friend with Booker T. Washington. When he invited Washington to the white house for dinner, he noted in his journal that he felt ashamed that even a small part of him wished not to dine with him because of his skin color. He then insisted that he dine with Washington to spite that, and even had his daughter and wife present. He wasn't a racist, he was a product of his time and the first president to separate from the old ones
@@xavierwhitcraft1310 If you naturalize you’re also full blooded. No foreigner can claim “American blood” through ancestry. You have to participate in the Great American Experiment. It’s also why no matter where you live, you must pay taxes. Only those who push the country forward can be allowed to even claim the name “American”.
Imperialist and racist, so quick to judge one of the greatest president we ever had. If it wasn’t for men like him, we wouldn’t have the great country we had today, so show a little thanks. Thanks to the whiny, millennial, 6th place award winners of today who knows what our great country will look like in 10 years.
Y’all boomers are the ones who act like every else is super whiny yet forget what you were like in the 60’s. News flash. Being whiny about social issues isn’t a new idea, and it ain’t like yall didn’t do it either.
Considering you didn’t live on the plains and encounter the “scattered savage tribes” he was talking about, I am going to go with his understanding. It’s foolish to say that he was evil because he believed American culture and society was better for the people who lived under it.
He was not a white supremacist, per se, although he did hold racist beliefs. He did not claim there was a superior white race, but he did believe some cultures were superior to or more civilized than others. He did consider Japanese people to be civilized, and considered Italians to be untrustworthy. Some of the groups he liked were non-white, and some of the groups he disliked were white. However, even those beliefs he considered generalities, and acknowledged that individuals should be judged as individuals, regardless of their culture. If he were a modern man he would be backward, but he was extremely forward thinking for his time.
Yeah when he said that, wagons were still being burned, men being scalped, and women and children raepd and sold as slaves to other indian tribes. Who never even understood the concept of the wheel until Europeans came. Cry about it.
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Well if you like Trump, maybe you have been attracted to the bad parts of Roosevelt. Sounds like you like bad stuff. I mean there may be a lot more to dislike about him than you imagine. But he did do some good legislation!
It is not the critic that counts. The credit belongs to the man in the arena. In this case the critic is 100 years after his death. Teddy Roosevelt was 20x the man most of could ever hope to be.
Yes he held racist beliefs, but he also demonstrated the ability to push past and stretch his hand to help African Americans. Look into Minnie Cox or how Roosevelt often converced with black intellectuals. He wasn't perfect, but he stands out for his time.
This is exactly what people seem to have trouble understanding. Moral complexity is real and very few people, especially looking back, will be perfect. He was massively progressive for his time, but he still held some beliefs that should be rightfully treated as wrong.
You should read the book about him. Yes, he was racist, believing that the white man was the superior race but he also believed that the other races must build themselves up and show their strength. He's racist by our standards but a fair man for a man of his time. He's also had multiple bad experiences with natives when he was out ranching in South Dakota. Not trying to excuse his opinion on natives, only explaining it.
SO WAS HITLER. What a bunch of pure Garbage. You live in good old Red South Dakota? Is that where all the motorcycle bums get together for Sturgis? Where Hitler could appear on the ballot as a Republican and could even win office? YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE POSTING.
@@scout_main1657That’s what he’s explaining. Hearing someone say that now, you’d say they’re sexist, but back then that was progressive. It’s similar to Teddy’s views.
I mean yeah, but like are you gonna call him that to his face? He was shot by an assassin in the chest and just continued the speech he was in the middle of giving with the bullet still lodged in his fucking rib cage
Those “cons” aren’t even that big of a deal, the west IS better in most aspects and America IS the greatest country, a US president should think in that same way anyways and that’s why our country is sucking right now, because there’s a lack of Teddy Roosevelts in our society and in govt
He wasn’t racist he was an American. Natives were savages. They had to be to survive in this world. I alway felt horrible about what happened to the natives. Then I learned some Native American history. They slaughtered and enslaved each other for land, hunting grounds and rivalry. We showed up and did the same. We were savages too. Different times.
Wouldn’t say they nor we where savages….not innocent but definitely not savages, many tribes, states, and groups had a rather rich and cool history and culture to them and like you said the USA was just a competing power
Like most people, he was a good man with some great ideas...and a very flawed human being...he spoke with absolute confidence, but also had doubts, bouncing a lot of ideas and opinions off his daughter, Alice, who was very like him, tough, opinionated and confident in her judgemental behavior and attitudes of those times. People are always flawed, and hopefully learn from their experiences and mistakes. He went from blowing away every animal he could possibly find to committed environmentalism. He did invite black Americans into the White House and spoke out for all Americans, even though he thought all white was might. I hope that if he was alive today he would have been less of a bigot and racist....
This is bullshit The men who built an idea of the world to justify their atrocities are evil men Evil people are still capable of great and impressive things but it doesn't make them any less evil If this cvnt lived today he'd be as racist as the many racist white people across the world
Even Lincoln didn’t fully believe in amalgamation of black people into society post slavery; he just thought slavery was wrong. Does that mean we should condemn Lincoln?
He didn't get the Panama canal started the French did that. The French gave up on the canal and the US took it over after the French lost so many men. They couldn't contend with those disease carrying mosquitoes
Rules evolve. Morals do not. Just because slavery was legal at that time, does not make it right. Millions of people living at that time spoke out about the evils of slavery. Even thousands of years prior to that people spoke out against slavery. It was only a small percentage of degenerates that owned slaves or agreed with slavery.
Classic. brining down a man who did extraordinary things and holding him to the exact standard of 2023 long after he is dead. If you were born in 1858 and fought many wars against Indian tribes you’d be thinking and saying the same thing. Also I am sure there are things that we say or do that will seem very strange or uncouth to people in 100 years
He was a product of his time. As far as politics went, he was the Bernie Sanders of his era. He had Booker T Washington as guest of honor at the White House in 1901!
So we are judging him by 2023 standards ? Also Mount Rushmore was created 80 years ago, so Americans of that time held him in high regard. Not trying to criticize you, I am just pointing that out.
Well we be seein' lots of statues of Lenin and Jeff Davis and I seen more than once busts of ol' Adolf Hitler. None of me its true. Haha That don't make THEM monumental.
I think the major point missed was Theodore's nonsupport for Indians to remain as nomads/uncivilized groups of people. This was at a time tribes committed many genocides and raids on civilian communities that had led to much hatred.
He was flawed human being like the rest of us but a great president. So was Kennedy. MLK was also a leader, but a flawed individual also. Think about how many people’s lives Roosevelt saved with his FDA standards alone….
Imperialism was prevalent from the early 18th century to the Victorian era. It is important to study history to understand the context and circumstances of the past. While some countries and leaders may have engaged in questionable practices, it is essential to recognize that historical events should not be judged solely based on contemporary moral and ethical standards. The past is distinct from the present, and it is crucial to learn from both the positive and negative aspects of history to build a better future. In 100 years, do you think our future will judge us so kindly?
@@scottzema3103 ….I’m sorry I forgot, most of the people on the internet are retarded. I’ll break it down Barney style. “RESPEC” is a shortened version of the word “RESPECT” that was made popular by a famous hip hop artist who’s stage name is BIRDMAN.
@@PapiChuloJR93 bullied by whom? I don't live in America with psycho kids who bully one another You are very bad at child raising I'm sorry you were bullied as badly as u were
he did say it was up to western countries to rule the other countries that couldn't rule themselves, how many of those nation at this time are doing well and prospering with the democracy, well I'm just saying facts.
He was a DUDE! You can't be one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind without a little edge. No one is perfect and I'm certainly not the one to throw stones. Legend
That "racist" also fought along side Cubans to help then gain their independence from Spain
And brought Native Americans with him to fight
Not really an argument. I don't see how that absolves him of his crimes.
Y le damos gracias🇺🇸🇨🇺
@@pixel6698 well that's your view point and I respect it . I definitely don't think he was perfect but I also don't hold people who were born in 1858 to the standards of today
@@carlosjuarez4327 What he did may not have seemed that extreme to white Americans back then, but for native Americans whose ancestors were forced off their land by him that doesn't make him innocent.
He invited Booker T Washington to have dinner with him and his family at the White house. First time a black man had dinner at the white house. The Southern racists went wild and it was too dangerous for Booker to continue to associate with Teddy.
But they had correspondence, and Booker would visit Teddy after hours in secret in the white house, and advise him on his cabinet appointments. HE told Booker he wanted to choose men who would work to raise up the black race. Booker was an informal adviser to Teddy. There's a whole book about their relationship. Teddy also went to Tuskegee University and supported that Black college in Alabama. He was a supporter of blacks in America! True story.
And yes he was an imperialist.
As a black man I’m also a die hard nationalist. Nothing wrong with it. Love my country to death
@@gaogaigarfinal6hell yeah brother
@@gaogaigarfinal6Also I brought this banana you could peel upside down while you attempt to pretend anybody ever taught you how to read instead of throw your feces at the wall and go "ooh ooh ahh ahh"
@@gaogaigarfinal6I ALMOST FORGOT YOUR BANANA 🍌
literally every king and leader is a conqueror. modern times are just stupid
You can not judge men born over 100 years ago by the moral standards of today
Oh really? Can you judge Hitler's massacre of the Jews based on the standards of the day, or slavery, or are those acceptable to you?
That is pure nonsense.
@@scottzema3103He said he requires moral standards, but back in the 1800’s the moral standards held today weren’t the same as back then? Also he said over one hundred years ago, and to add on Washington had slaves does that make him bad?
@@scottzema3103 yeah moron that’s why I said over 100 years ago, so before you try to call people out try to have basic reading comprehension.
@@scottzema3103 and no the story is that there were different moral standards in the past it is asinine to hold people to the modern standard.
I’d vote for him right now over any current political candidate.
If Theodore was alive today, he'd do what he did in 1912
"these candidates suck, screw you both, I'm making my own party"
Roosevelt is exactly the guy we need right now.
He'd be in the same caucus as Bernie Sanders
Teddy created the national parks
The Teddy bear is named in his honor after he refused to shoot a black bear.
His cousin also became president FDR. Franklin Delano Roosevelt who married Teddy's niece Eleanor.
He helped Cuba gain independence.
Believed History was important.
Knew legendary Wild West lawmen Seth Bullock who was a rough rider and close friend.
@@Makarosc no he wouldn't. Theodore Roosevelt was a huge capitalist but he saw how monopolies hurt the American way and how they hurt business so he busted the trusts but was not a socialist.
I still count him as a great president. He also was the first president to invite a black man to dine in the white house and appointed the first black female postmaster general.
Lol ooooh hé invited a black guy to eat at his house
What a pro black activist
Lol gtfoh bro. Who gives a shit if the racist invited one black dude to eat
Dafuq did that crap do for anybody? It probably didn't even positively help the black dude in the long run
Yeah those folks before that had to dine in the kitchen.
Those little crumbs don’t make him great that just he was making political moves to gain more support, clearly worked on you though
@@marieknight9385cry some more
@@marieknight9385 Did he own slaves? Did he start wars? Was he corrupt? Did he get us into a recession? Did he sleep with interns and lie about it? Did he take bribes and cheat the citizens? Nevermind. You already have your mind made up. Have a great day.
Wrong. Roosevelt was not racist, by the standards of his time or ours. He was the first president to allow a black man to dine in the White House. Growing up in rancher country, he had some run ins with natives and was understandably distrustful.
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.”
” he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.”
Roosevelt’s racial philosophy of white superiority dovetailed with his support of the eugenics movement, which advocated selective breeding to engineer a race of people with more “desirable” characteristics, and sterilization of “less desirable” people, such as criminals, people with developmental disabilities-and for some, people of color. “Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce,” he wrote in 1913. “Some day we will realize that the prime duty, the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world; and that we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type.”
US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did.
In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism:
All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands....
(I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.”
he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.”
US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did
In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism:
All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands….
(I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.
Your point you’re making right here, it’s what a lot of us Americans think. And that person that responded is either a child or someone that is incapable of talking with grown ups.
@@stevefrancis1191 Okay, so can you tell me what part of what I said was wrong?
Why is Nationalist being thrown around as a slur? Every president should care deeply about our nation
Can’t be patriotic anymore
He's a supporter of eugenics and white supremacy...☠️
There's a difference in nationalism and patriotism
Nationalism is the negative version of patriotism
The American Left has gone so far Left, they consider loving the U.S. as racist. They are absolutely insane.
Because the American Left has become far too Left and completely insane
I really wouldn’t call him racist. A woman named Minnie Cox was the first black postmaster for a post office in what would be modern Indiana, many white people of that town gathered and protested and threatened violence against Minnie for her skin color. When Teddy Roosevelt got word that Minnie resigned from her position out of fear of physical harm. Teddy ordered directly that Minnie still be paid her wages as postmaster, and he stopped the mail service from that post office until they allowed Minnie back as postmaster. Teddy kept the mail cut off for over a year, and although Minnie didn’t return as postmaster. She was able to start the one of the first ever Black owned Banks in that state of Indiana.
Yes! I had forgotten her name because I read it so many years ago.
Teddy Roosevelt was not a racist. In fact he was an advocate for the equality of man. When the left wanted to segregate Federal Offices (and other things) Teddy kept these post desegregated and constantly made sure the leftist counties would follow these.
was the Democratic Party part of the left back then? i think the republicans leaned more progressive than democrats before the 50’s or 60’s
Stop treating the words "left" and "Democrat" synonymously. The democratic and Republican party has historically always been shifting its views based on the political climate
@@OptimusPrime-g2p Thank you! At least somebody gets it
He is one of the greatest presidents ever. For you to call him a racist is unacceptable. I guess Grunge wants his face blasted off Mt Rushmore? Seriously, it's because of ignorant videos like this that people go do stupid things like destroying the state of Christopher Columbus. Maybe go read what he wrote in context. Yes, he said that because he saw what horrible things the INDIANS did...but he also said they should be treated with respect. Those were different times. "The only wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each Black man and each white man strictly on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he shows himself worthy to have,” - Roosevelt
it's just demoncrap propaganda
@@Horus-j3f What?
@@Horus-j3fIronic because Teddy was a goddamn Republican
@@user-wf9yh1df4v i'm saying this video is democrat propaganda
I'd ask the native Cubans what they think of Columbus's racial policies, but he wiped them out and they're completely extinct, so I cannot confirm or deny what they thought of him. I suppose we'll never know if he was racist or not.
People seem to forget that in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T Washington to the White House for dinner, being one of the only black men to step foot in the building during that time frame. That very event pissed off Southerners for over 30 years.
It pissed off racists, not southerners..
@@HeavenWithouttheE Yeah but there was a lot of overlap
Dude he was the first president to let black men have dinner at the white house.... You sir are a liar.
I keep seeing the same comment that you disagree with. What is it that you know that is different?
@@niepieisme9830while I can't deny that he could be called a nationalist and arguably the Philippines show some imperialism. But he was never a racist, he had Booker T. Washington over for dinner to discuss how he thought it was best to "help the black man". And not only that when his cabinet pushed back on him for letting a black man he told them off with something to the effect of I'll eat with whoever the hell I want, fight me. The only semi coherent argument that he was racist was his attitude towards Mexico. But let's list some facts; he fought in the Spanish American war, he led the Rough Riders & never went after latinos when in power. He did his best to halt the treaty breaking of the US government with American Indians and alot of stuff with Chinese Americans I can't quite remember enough to say without sounding dumb. But it's more than that. Have you ever been to a national park? This country used to be absolutely covered in flora and fauna and because he couldn't stop industrialization he did the best thing he could and created these zones where nature couldn't be destroyed in the name of better mechanical amusements.
He is my favorite president for a reason, he may have pressured McKinley into going to war with Spain but anyone who knew the character of the man said that it wasn't for greed or imperial ambition.IIt was because he believed the Spanish would always be an enemy to America and any victory or liberation is a win
@@jobymahon2871 thank you for sharing your knowledge. I will never believe that you could ever sound dumb.
He punished a city for being racist
If anyone knows anything about history, the native people of America weren't exactly the most friendly to each other, other tribes or anyone else.
Also they constantly attacked the Americans
Of course not im someone who feed son all historical information and the native Americans aren’t the peaceful nature love stereotype we make them out as they were just as blood thirsty as every other race the Aztecs are a good example
I’m ac actual Native American and I’ll be the first to tell you we were slaughtering each other and wiping out nations before it was a thing
@@Pocoentertainmentstudiowhite people aren't bloodthirsty. We have the lowest crime statistics for a reaaaason. Simply civilized far sooner than other races and it shows. We the whites value intelligence and charisma far more than physical strength. We weren't bred for generations to be animals, some other races however were EXACTLY bred that way if you catch my drift 😮
Why would we be when the US broke every treaty with Native’s ? You want peace but can’t follow your own words , cmon man it doesnt work like that. Just like the US was blood thirsty to get Texas in the 1840’s from Mexico. Try to show me the difference
He also believed Japan to be a civilized society on par with the U.S. and Britain, and he also was a close friend with Booker T. Washington. When he invited Washington to the white house for dinner, he noted in his journal that he felt ashamed that even a small part of him wished not to dine with him because of his skin color. He then insisted that he dine with Washington to spite that, and even had his daughter and wife present. He wasn't a racist, he was a product of his time and the first president to separate from the old ones
Roosevelt also had disdain for people with split loyalties saying anyone using a hyphen in their nationality isn’t a true American. He was right.
I agree. If you were born in the US you are full blooded American. Doesn’t matter where your family comes from.
@@xavierwhitcraft1310 If you naturalize you’re also full blooded. No foreigner can claim “American blood” through ancestry. You have to participate in the Great American Experiment. It’s also why no matter where you live, you must pay taxes. Only those who push the country forward can be allowed to even claim the name “American”.
He also was a badass
thats wh6y death came for him in his sleep so he didnt get punched
Fr bro that's a major factor to why he's my 3rd favorite president
@@LancerIHRMy top 3 favorite American presidents
1. Theo Roosevelt
2. Ron Reagan
3. Donny Trump
Just a sneak peek
Top 3 favorite French Presidents
1. Napoleon III
2. Jacques Chirac
3. Charles de Gaulle
We really just call people racist without reason these days really show how little you actually know.
Imagine this guy judge Genghis Khan by modern day moral standard😂
Imperialist and racist, so quick to judge one of the greatest president we ever had. If it wasn’t for men like him, we wouldn’t have the great country we had today, so show a little thanks. Thanks to the whiny, millennial, 6th place award winners of today who knows what our great country will look like in 10 years.
As a gen z I 100 percent agree
Y’all boomers are the ones who act like every else is super whiny yet forget what you were like in the 60’s. News flash. Being whiny about social issues isn’t a new idea, and it ain’t like yall didn’t do it either.
@@natebox4550 I was born in the 80s
What do you mean? We like him to he was left wing
They live in the luxury’s of 1st place yet they complain about how we got here.
Considering you didn’t live on the plains and encounter the “scattered savage tribes” he was talking about, I am going to go with his understanding. It’s foolish to say that he was evil because he believed American culture and society was better for the people who lived under it.
He was not a white supremacist, per se, although he did hold racist beliefs. He did not claim there was a superior white race, but he did believe some cultures were superior to or more civilized than others. He did consider Japanese people to be civilized, and considered Italians to be untrustworthy. Some of the groups he liked were non-white, and some of the groups he disliked were white. However, even those beliefs he considered generalities, and acknowledged that individuals should be judged as individuals, regardless of their culture. If he were a modern man he would be backward, but he was extremely forward thinking for his time.
Yeah when he said that, wagons were still being burned, men being scalped, and women and children raepd and sold as slaves to other indian tribes. Who never even understood the concept of the wheel until Europeans came. Cry about it.
Your three words of disdain does not sell me the reputation of Teddy
I already like the guy, you don’t have to keep selling him.
You don't count because you "LOVE" DARTH TRAITOR & Traitor's don't count...🤯🤦😂😂😂🖕
Also DARTH TRAITOR did'nt win nothing but the way to a honest living in his soon to be new Home "PRISON" with some of his Best Friends.
Rudy might just be his bunk buddy's!! 😂😂😂
If you love the TRAITOR so much go & smack the first cop you see so they can lock you up & ask to be sent to his cell as his bunky..😂😂🖕 That's for your Master the TRAITOR 🖕😂😂
Well if you like Trump, maybe you have been attracted to the bad parts of Roosevelt. Sounds like you like bad stuff. I mean there may be a lot more to dislike about him than you imagine. But he did do some good legislation!
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@@raymondtorres-gy8ujdunno what your talking about but you’re the typa guy to still be salty the confederacy lost
It is not the critic that counts. The credit belongs to the man in the arena. In this case the critic is 100 years after his death. Teddy Roosevelt was 20x the man most of could ever hope to be.
Best president ever
I don't get it, am I supposed to hate Teddy Roosevelt now? He's based on every level! We need another Teddy as President.
Trying to discredit the most American of presidents. Weak.
Key words "an 1886 speech"
there was plenty of people thousands of years before him that had better morals, time doesn’t change the elementary concept of morality and justice
Austrian painter 🌚
@@exodus6996this video makes me love him even more.
@@exodus6996what makes you think YOU won’t be judged by your own descendants?
@@exodus6996 But also, people change. He was wrong but he didn’t take that to his grave. He wasn’t even president in ‘86
Yes he held racist beliefs, but he also demonstrated the ability to push past and stretch his hand to help African Americans. Look into Minnie Cox or how Roosevelt often converced with black intellectuals. He wasn't perfect, but he stands out for his time.
This is exactly what people seem to have trouble understanding. Moral complexity is real and very few people, especially looking back, will be perfect. He was massively progressive for his time, but he still held some beliefs that should be rightfully treated as wrong.
Probably the best take in this comments section
teddy roosevelt wasnt a saint but he was a damn good president
So your saying he was better then Biden?
Tbf my dog would be better than Biden. She knows to bite strangers.
Teddy, one of the best presidents to biden l the worst president, are you kidding me rn
@@TheConservativeKid Apparently James Buchanan (the dude before Lincoln) actually takes the crown for the literal worst president
We love Teddy! USA
Of course you do
The son of a thief is also a thief
Does it surprise me that the son of a r@pist defends and enjoys r@pe
Of course not
You should read the book about him. Yes, he was racist, believing that the white man was the superior race but he also believed that the other races must build themselves up and show their strength. He's racist by our standards but a fair man for a man of his time. He's also had multiple bad experiences with natives when he was out ranching in South Dakota. Not trying to excuse his opinion on natives, only explaining it.
Yeah it’s kind of like how an Early male Feminist would sound. “Women should have the right to work… with her husbands permission.”
SO WAS HITLER. What a bunch of pure Garbage. You live in good old Red South Dakota? Is that where all the motorcycle bums get together for Sturgis? Where Hitler could appear on the ballot as a Republican and could even win office? YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE POSTING.
@@withlessAsbestosbecause you’re judging them based on 2024 morals bro
@@scout_main1657That’s what he’s explaining.
Hearing someone say that now, you’d say they’re sexist, but back then that was progressive. It’s similar to Teddy’s views.
I'm Mexican, I always admired Teddy and Abraham Lincoln for being more than just a politician, actual man, real man who fought for the right cause.
That's why we love him
"And i wouldnt be sure about the tenth" is the conclusion to that last quote lol
I mean yeah, but like are you gonna call him that to his face? He was shot by an assassin in the chest and just continued the speech he was in the middle of giving with the bullet still lodged in his fucking rib cage
Wtf does that have to do with anything
@@chideraalexanderdex547 what doesn’t it have to do with everything
@@Lacucarachadefuego a racist soldier is still a racist
@@chideraalexanderdex547Ok, and?
@@chideraalexanderdex547lol cry baby
Roosevelt was right !
If only we had men like him leading the West today!
My man is out manifesting some destiny
Had he grown up in our time, I feel as though he would still be a great man. Not a racist or bigot. He was a product of his time.
Those “cons” aren’t even that big of a deal, the west IS better in most aspects and America IS the greatest country, a US president should think in that same way anyways and that’s why our country is sucking right now, because there’s a lack of Teddy Roosevelts in our society and in govt
you’re too ignorant to understand your own statement
😂😂😂😂😂😂 sure racist
No Finland is the greatest country but yeah the west is better off generally
you see what is happening to the civilized side of the world... HE WASNT WRONG... and neither was the other guy...
Based Theodore
Roosevelt may have been nationalistic and imperialist but he was certainly not racist. He was more an American exceptionalist
He wasn’t racist he was an American. Natives were savages. They had to be to survive in this world. I alway felt horrible about what happened to the natives. Then I learned some Native American history. They slaughtered and enslaved each other for land, hunting grounds and rivalry. We showed up and did the same. We were savages too. Different times.
Wouldn’t say they nor we where savages….not innocent but definitely not savages, many tribes, states, and groups had a rather rich and cool history and culture to them and like you said the USA was just a competing power
He was literally one of the greatest presidents in US history
You convinced me… He was a great man!
He'd be helping Bernie today
Like most people, he was a good man with some great ideas...and a very flawed human being...he spoke with absolute confidence, but also had doubts, bouncing a lot of ideas and opinions off his daughter, Alice, who was very like him, tough, opinionated and confident in her judgemental behavior and attitudes of those times. People are always flawed, and hopefully learn from their experiences and mistakes. He went from blowing away every animal he could possibly find to committed environmentalism. He did invite black Americans into the White House and spoke out for all Americans, even though he thought all white was might. I hope that if he was alive today he would have been less of a bigot and racist....
This is bullshit
The men who built an idea of the world to justify their atrocities are evil men
Evil people are still capable of great and impressive things but it doesn't make them any less evil
If this cvnt lived today he'd be as racist as the many racist white people across the world
And? He’s still a douche
He would be flabbergasted at this gay culture Americans are forced to live in by the crybaby loud minority.
Even Lincoln didn’t fully believe in amalgamation of black people into society post slavery; he just thought slavery was wrong. Does that mean we should condemn Lincoln?
Different times back then. Wasn't racist
That "racist" also stopped mail service to a town in Mississippi because the town wouldn't allow the black female postmaster to do her job.
He did more than most
He got in trouble for inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner.
He didn't get the Panama canal started the French did that. The French gave up on the canal and the US took it over after the French lost so many men. They couldn't contend with those disease carrying mosquitoes
Didn't they follow Frances lead in Indo China too. Yeah hmmm.
just made me love him even more
What are you telling me a guy from a old racist time was an old racist?!?! 🤯🤯
Old racist time?😅😅 😂😂 So you are telling me that your kind isn't racist anymore? Yet here you are defending your evil ancestors
Funny dude
Beautiful question. And I am! LOL
Thank you for teaching us a great lesson on misinterpretation. You really did a good job on mangling what he actually meant by those statements.
What exactly is wrong with thinking our nation is superior to others? Oh it’s mean? Grow up
Thinking you superior period is wrong dufass .
Your attempt at character assassination hath backfired methinks. 😂
And Washington and Jefferson owned black people, so what's your point. Don't judge people of the past by today's standards. Morals like people evolve.
Rules evolve. Morals do not. Just because slavery was legal at that time, does not make it right. Millions of people living at that time spoke out about the evils of slavery. Even thousands of years prior to that people spoke out against slavery. It was only a small percentage of degenerates that owned slaves or agreed with slavery.
Roosevelt was an new york aristocrat, he was a product of his enviroment.
My hero
People really throwing around the word racism at anything
Classic. brining down a man who did extraordinary things and holding him to the exact standard of 2023 long after he is dead. If you were born in 1858 and fought many wars against Indian tribes you’d be thinking and saying the same thing. Also I am sure there are things that we say or do that will seem very strange or uncouth to people in 100 years
He was a product of his time. As far as politics went, he was the Bernie Sanders of his era. He had Booker T Washington as guest of honor at the White House in 1901!
Still better then Woodrow Wilson and by a mile.
By a mile? Really?
@@scottzema3103 absolutely.
Really? Explain. That sounds like a lot. @@ccsfstudios2321
pretty easy, considering wilson was a vegetable when he 'left' office
@@swk38 that and Roosevelt was a significantly better man.
Bro really took Teddy on Mt Rushmore personally huh?
So we are judging him by 2023 standards ? Also Mount Rushmore was created 80 years ago, so Americans of that time held him in high regard. Not trying to criticize you, I am just pointing that out.
No, not by 2023 standards
By any standards the man was a piece of sh#t
Well we be seein' lots of statues of Lenin and Jeff Davis and I seen more than once busts of ol' Adolf Hitler. None of me its true. Haha That don't make THEM monumental.
@@scottzema3103His face is on a mountain!!!
So Is Robert E. Lee's face, so is Stonewall Jackson's face Khafre's face, so the f----what? :)@@withlessAsbestos
So they were all guilty of the crimes that our country committed, is that your point?
I think the major point missed was Theodore's nonsupport for Indians to remain as nomads/uncivilized groups of people. This was at a time tribes committed many genocides and raids on civilian communities that had led to much hatred.
He was flawed human being like the rest of us but a great president. So was Kennedy. MLK was also a leader, but a flawed individual also. Think about how many people’s lives Roosevelt saved with his FDA standards alone….
Imperialism was prevalent from the early 18th century to the Victorian era. It is important to study history to understand the context and circumstances of the past. While some countries and leaders may have engaged in questionable practices, it is essential to recognize that historical events should not be judged solely based on contemporary moral and ethical standards. The past is distinct from the present, and it is crucial to learn from both the positive and negative aspects of history to build a better future. In 100 years, do you think our future will judge us so kindly?
I already loved him. You don't have to convince me any further.
Ok it's wildly inaccurate
Has anyone considered that, in a day and age where EVERYONE is an imperialist, it's kind of either "eat" or "be eaten?"
He had flaws. But still my favorite president
Easy to talk shit on a dead man
Teddy was right.
Of course you believe that
The son of a thief is also a thief
Does it surprise me that the son of a r@pist defends and enjoys r@pe
Of course not
Those scattered savages did a fine job of killing and conquering each other before Europeans even knew they existed.
Better put some “RESPEC” on that man’s name.
Racists always admire fellow racists
Put what?
@@scottzema3103 ….I’m sorry I forgot, most of the people on the internet are retarded.
I’ll break it down Barney style.
“RESPEC” is a shortened version of the word “RESPECT” that was made popular by a famous hip hop artist who’s stage name is BIRDMAN.
@@chideraalexanderdex547 You weren’t bullied enough and it Shows.
@@PapiChuloJR93 bullied by whom? I don't live in America with psycho kids who bully one another
You are very bad at child raising
I'm sorry you were bullied as badly as u were
A good man and a damn good president - A Texican says this
And yet…. He wasn’t wrong.
Racist? I think not. The standards of his time are way more different than ours.
And the US is still following these ideas all the while telling its citizens stuff like this.
Theodore is just as Savage for making that statement… -A Native American
You don't need to sell me on how awesome teddy is, i already think he's epic.
he did say it was up to western countries to rule the other countries that couldn't rule themselves, how many of those nation at this time are doing well and prospering with the democracy, well I'm just saying facts.
Everyone was imperialist back in the 1880’s, all of Europe, America, china, Japan, etc. that was how the world was back then
Racist? Didn’t he punished an entire town just because they wouldn’t give a black woman a raise?
I already love teddy Roosevelt you don’t have to sell me more on him
Wow! A lot I didn’t know about Roosevelt.
Definitely my favorite President now.
Death took Roosevelt In his sleep because if it took him while he was awake there would of been a fight
An “unrepentant nationalist”?
He loved his country and the people in it, Oh the horror,
It's just back then. They weren't scared to be political correct
Sounds like a good president, he cared about his own country and looked to improve it without regard for other nations.
Dude I already liked him. You don't need to sell me more.
So in other words, he's based
Keep in mind: Roosevelt was progressive… for his time.
Truly one of the greatest presidents we've ever had. But also a wonderful and tremendous American with many titles
He was a DUDE! You can't be one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind without a little edge. No one is perfect and I'm certainly not the one to throw stones. Legend