Opinion Theodore Roosevelt: Big Stick Energy

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[Deorum]

His spot on the beautiful Mt Rushmore is well deserved.

It really is, and the memorial itself is spectacular. I've seen people post videos of it and sarcastically say, "Okay, now what?" -- like seriously? Do they know where they are or how much there is to see and do in western SoDak? How fucking clueless, lol. The whole area is a treasure trove of cultural and natural interest. Mount Rushmore isn't an isolated attraction, it's literally in the Black Hills. Stare down at your phone some more, though. Sad.

 

[Deorum]

@Deorum

One page in and TR is already a raging racist.

SMDH

To answer the question: He's easily the greatest POTUS of the last 160 years, and arguably the most revered American of the last 225. @HOLA jumping to his defense in here and vibing with you just speaks to the kind of exceedingly rare bipartisan love people have for him. It's such an honor and privilege for NoDak to be the home of a brand new presidential library (scheduled to open on the 4th of July, 2026). It'll also be taking possession of the statue that NYC no longer wants at the American Museum of Natural History.

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is a planned museum focused on the life and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. It is to be constructed at a site to the west of Medora, North Dakota, near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which preserves sites associated with Roosevelt's travel in North Dakota between 1883 and 1887. A site in the Badlands of Medora was selected in 2020, as well as the design architect Snøhetta and the architect of record JLG Architects.

 

[Mr Holmes]

It really is, and the memorial itself is spectacular. I've seen people post videos of it and sarcastically say, "Okay, now what?" -- like seriously? Do they know where they are or how much there is to see and do in western SoDak? How fucking clueless, lol. The whole area is a treasure trove of cultural and natural interest. Mount Rushmore isn't an isolated attraction, it's literally in the Black Hills. Stare down at your phone some more, though. Sad.

Yeah, that was one my favorite trips.

 

[Deorum]

Yeah, that was one my favorite trips.

It isn't as nearly as dramatic as places like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite Valley, but it's underrated as AF. The Black Hills within the National Forest are some of the oldest mountains on the globe; Badlands NP has the richest fossil beds to be found anywhere on the planet; Wind Cave NP possesses 95% of all known boxwork in the world; Jewel Cave NM is the fifth longest system; Devil's Tower was America's first National Monument (declared by Theodore Roosevelt himself); the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial will be the largest mountain carving in the world; the towns of Deadwood, Sturgis, Spearfish are there; and the real hidden gem is actually a state park (Custer). But yah, it's just the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

 

[Osculater]

Kind of a mixed bag. Great on economic stuff and the environment but also a raging racist and white supremacist

Teddy Roosevelt Quote on Territorial Conquest - Shot Glass of History

Quoted from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1894 book The Winning of the West, in which he presents his defense for territorial expansion of superior races: Many good persons seem prone to speak of all wars of conquest as necessarily evil. This is… Continue Reading →

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Nothing but sheer evil has come from the victories of Turk and Tartar. This is true generally of the victories of barbarians of low racial characteristics over gentler, more refined peoples even though these, to their shame and discredit, lost the vigorous fighting virtues. Yet it remains no less true that the world would probably have gone forward very little, indeed would probably not have gone forward at all, had it not been for the displacement or submersion of savage and barbaric peoples as a consequence of the armed settlement in strange lands of the races who hold in their hands the fate of the years. Every such submersion or displacement of an inferior race, every such armed settlement or conquest by a superior race, means the infliction and suffering of hideous woe and misery.

Eh, who cares we are still racist ass shit

 

[avenue94]

TR is the best. I have an oil painting in my office of him and named my dog after him.

I'm surprised you like him given some of your economic stances. Something tells me TR would not have loved crypto.

 

[Deorum]

Oh yea he acted very noble in the sense that he did not use his position to protect himself during times of conflict.Think hes still the only usa president whos son has died in combat.

I remember reading that during his heartbreak after quentin died his view on war changed somewhat but i read about him long time ago

No Fortunate Sons.

TR Center - Sons' Involvement in World War II

Theodore Roosevelt's four sons inherited their father's burning desire to serve in uniform when duty called. Given their father's heroics during his own crowded hour, it would have been nearly impossible for TR's sons not to test themselves in the crucible of battle.

www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org

TL;DR: All of Theodore Roosevelt’s four sons answered the call to military service. Sadly, three of them – Ted, Kermit, and Quentin – died as a result of their service. The only surviving son, Archie, a highly decorated combat veteran, sustained serious injuries in both world wars. Interestingly, Archie Roosevelt was the only United States soldier to receive 100 percent disability as a result of wounds sustained in each of the world wars.

 

[Osculater]

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[gspieler]

It isn't as nearly as dramatic as places like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite Valley, but it's underrated as AF. The Black Hills within the National Forest are some of the oldest mountains on the globe; Badlands NP has the richest fossil beds to be found anywhere on the planet; Wind Cave NP possesses 95% of all known boxwork in the world; Jewel Cave NM is the fifth longest system; Devil's Tower was America's first National Monument (declared by Theodore Roosevelt himself); the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial will be the largest mountain carving in the world; the towns of Deadwood, Sturgis, Spearfish are there; and the real hidden gem is actually a state park (Custer). But yah, it's just the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Custer State Park might be the best kept secret in the realm of state and national parks. Been there twice in the last three years, both in the middle of summer. Neither time was it super-crowded. And the hikes are almost on par with other great parks, eg RMNP, where you have to show up at 6am just to have a shot at a parking spot.

 

[gspieler]

TR was a great POTUS. In some ways on par with his time, eg Euro-centric view of the world, imperialism is good, etc. In some ways, more progressive than conservatives today, eg preservation of land, being an advocate of labor right's, etc. Funny how even old school Republicans like Ike believed in things today's Republicans consider anti-American.

 

[Deorum]

Custer State Park might be the best kept secret in the realm of state and national parks. Been there twice in the last three years, both in the middle of summer. Neither time was it super-crowded. And the hikes are almost on par with other great parks, eg RMNP, where you have to show up at 6am just to have a shot at a parking spot.

Some of my absolute greatest childhood memories are from road tripping through that area with my fam en route to Yellowstone, especially the hikes with my dad in Custer SP. The Needles Highway and Wildlife Loop there are both fun too.

 

[Rob Battisti]

I'm surprised you like him given some of your economic stances. Something tells me TR would not have loved crypto.

My economic stances of free trade, increasing taxes on the top earners and tariffs of foreign subsidized goods?

Teddy may not love the Wild West of all of crypto, but he would be orange pilled.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Did you read the next two?

TR is the best. I have an oil painting in my office of him and named my dog after him.

These are the threads we need.

He would HATE Trump.

Trained in Boxing until a sparring accident left him blind in one eye. So took up Judo and Jiu-Jitsu instead.

Bad Ass AF.

 

[Gutter Chris]

It isn't as nearly as dramatic as places like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite Valley, but it's underrated as AF. The Black Hills within the National Forest are some of the oldest mountains on the globe; Badlands NP has the richest fossil beds to be found anywhere on the planet; Wind Cave NP possesses 95% of all known boxwork in the world; Jewel Cave NM is the fifth longest system; Devil's Tower was America's first National Monument (declared by Theodore Roosevelt himself); the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial will be the largest mountain carving in the world; the towns of Deadwood, Sturgis, Spearfish are there; and the real hidden gem is actually a state park (Custer). But yah, it's just the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

You know I think the black hills is the best national park and I absolutely loved my time out there and think fondly about it all the time . When my sons older were going to spend some time and I can't wait. Summer in the black hills is really hard to beat in my opinion. I did not like Yellowstone half as much think the elevation is too high for me and i hate being cold . Sodak rules.

 

[Deorum]

TR was a great POTUS. In some ways on par with his time, eg Euro-centric view of the world, imperialism is good, etc. In some ways, more progressive than conservatives today, eg preservation of land, being an advocate of labor right's, etc. Funny how even old school Republicans like Ike believed in things today's Republicans consider anti-American.

Republicans have been a different animal since the Reagan Revolution. For all that has changed and been dumped along the way up to present-day MAGA, one notable consistency is the outright hostility not just to nature conservation but the very idea of public lands. It makes them utterly unelectable to me on that issue alone. They are absolute, 100% fucktards and a threat to TR's legacy. It's also a position that isn't supported by their own constituents in western red states that have a lot of it. They just won't fuck off either, forever plotting and scheming to rob Americans of our birthright. And these places are really protected and preserved for the world at large.

 

[HOLA]

Trained in Boxing until a sparring accident left him blind in one eye. So took up Judo instead and earned a Black Belt.

Bad Ass AF.

He trained in boxing, wrestling, Judo and Japanese Jiu Jitsu. TR was legit one of the first MMA dudes.

The eye accident was when he was POTUS. He was boxing an aide, and got an eye injury, lost his sight in that eye. Stuck to grappling after that. Already wrestled, but he also made some Japanese friends around the time he ended the war between Russia and Japan (for which he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906) and invited them to the White House to teach him their grappling.

Iirc he called wrestling the manliest of all sports in his autobiography.

 

[Rob Battisti]

He trained in boxing, wrestling, Judo and Japanese Jiu Jitsu. TR was legit one of the first MMA dudes.

The eye accident was when he was POTUS. He was boxing an aide, and got an eye injury, lost his sight in that eye. Stuck to grappling after that. Already wrestled, but he also made some Japanese friends around the time he ended the war between Russia and Japan (for which he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906) and invited them to the White House to teach him their grappling.

Iirc he called wrestling the manliest of all sports in his autobiography.

My favorite is him trouncing around in Samurai armor that he got as a gift for bringing peace to the Japanese Russian conflict

 

[HOLA]

My favorite is him trouncing around in Samurai armor that he got as a gift for bringing peace to the Japanese Russian conflict

Sagamore Hill has a bunch of gifts they gave him. Real samurai swords and stuff. They even gave him this like 2 foot tall model samurai. He kept it in the library. He’s chillin on a table in there right now. Looked badass.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Sagamore Hill has a bunch of gifts they gave him. Real samurai swords and stuff. They even gave him this like 2 foot tall model samurai. He kept it in the library. He’s chillin on a table in there right now. Looked badass.

It’s on my list of places to visit