Yeah Wilson was a racist southern cracker demonrat. He was in favor of eugenics as were many of his time including Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Lindbergh . It was considered a legitimate science up until Hitler decide to use the principle to eliminate the Jews. It sort of lost favor after that.
Um, no it hasn't. Like every other time the progressives have discredited their beliefs, they just changed the name. now it's called "women's right to choose", "obamacare", "The Complete Lives System", "Environmentalism".
Instead of being under one big umbrella, it's fractured into smaller bits that allow for plausible deniability and more surface area for the mouth breathers to latch onto.