03-01-2023, 02:12 PM
Yeah, more than once I’ve had some conservative point out that Lincoln was a Republican.
No! Really?
:RollingEyesSmiley5:
When LBJ (and folks like Hubert Humphrey, who was calling for an end to racist policies in the late 40’s, IIRC) came along, the positions of the parties started to change. Then the Dixiecrats (and Wallace) split off, and then with Nixon’s “Southern strategy” and Reagan’s dog-whistles and “welfare queen” smears, the conversion was complete.
Now they’re just bat shit crazy, in addition to attracting votes by being racist and fascist. If I had any question as to my party identity when I was younger, they’ve made that decision for me clearly now.
No! Really?
:RollingEyesSmiley5:
When LBJ (and folks like Hubert Humphrey, who was calling for an end to racist policies in the late 40’s, IIRC) came along, the positions of the parties started to change. Then the Dixiecrats (and Wallace) split off, and then with Nixon’s “Southern strategy” and Reagan’s dog-whistles and “welfare queen” smears, the conversion was complete.
Now they’re just bat shit crazy, in addition to attracting votes by being racist and fascist. If I had any question as to my party identity when I was younger, they’ve made that decision for me clearly now.