08-25-2020, 01:47 PM
(08-25-2020, 01:40 PM)PhilHos Wrote: So Jim Crow laws WEREN'T enacted by Democrats?
Also, didn't Biden specifically state he was going to exclude the white race from his pool of VP candidates? Yes, he did. So, this is complete bullshit, isn't it? Yes, it is.
It is the left and Democrats that care what one's race or gender or sexual orientation is.
The Democrats are not a party of leftists, and have not always been the liberal party. Now, I'm not a big fan of the whole concept of the parties switching, because that isn't really true. But both parties up until the implementation of the Southern Strategy contained both liberal and conservative elements. More liberal folks pushed for things like racial equality while the conservatives implemented Jim Crow laws. This is why there was a subset of the Democrats referred to as the Dixiecrats, because they were for many of the same things as Democrats but were not happy with some of the progressive positions being taken by the northern contingent. Following LBJ's "betrayal" of them by signing the CRA, the Dixiecrats were courted heavily by the GOP utilizing the Southern Strategy that catered to their racist ideals and this is why the Republicans are now strong in the southern states.
Thus endeth the lesson on why trotting out the ol' "the Democrats are the racist party! They founded the KKK and enacted the Jim Crow laws!" is horse shit and just highlights ignorance regarding our political history.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR