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burrito-disciple t1_jaeumds wrote

Reply to comment by GeneralNathanJessup in New bill would eliminate Florida Democratic Party by oranjemania

I feel like there was an attempt at a point being made here but I'm confused as to what that is.

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oooooh.

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btross t1_jaf0pe3 wrote

>The Southern Strategy by Nixon in the 1970's forced the Democratic Party to give up on racism

I gotta say, that's the first time I've seen that twist on "the Republican party turned to racism to recapture southern votes"

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GeneralNathanJessup t1_jaf3ojs wrote

You don't think Dems and GOP had a conference to agree to this, do you?

Of course not. It just happened. Because only one party can be racist at a time.

So before Nixon's Southern Strategy, the Dems were racist, after the Southern Strategy the GOP was racist. Nobody doubts this.

But it leads to some interesting conclusions, which I pointed out above.

Further anomalies are that George Wallace was both racist, and anti-racist, depending on the year. He was governor of Alabama until 1987.

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