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rondonjon t1_jae94a4 wrote

Yes, because renaming buildings and removing statues is the same as suppressing your political rivals and by extension democracy itself.

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dip_tet t1_jae9je1 wrote

It’s the first time a Florida right winger has acknowledged slavery….they don’t want you to learn about it, though. Just praise jeebus or something

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1feralengineer t1_jaeaazb wrote

Thought experiment:

What would happen if they cancelled both parties?

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tormunds_beard t1_jaeazll wrote

Oh look another Republican pretending that the southern strategy didn’t happen.

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EvenSpoonier t1_jaeb6tq wrote

Um... What's the Florida Republican Party's position on amending the Thirteenth Amendment to eliminate forced prison labor? Because I could see this bill backfiring really quickly depending on the answer.

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funkymonkeybunker t1_jaedpd7 wrote

Eliminate all parties... Make candidates run independently based in their career track record, current platform, values, and crediability.

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Tonyhillzone t1_jaefog4 wrote

Shame it's not just the first five words of the title.

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GeneralNathanJessup t1_jaehtca wrote

Replying to tormunds_beard (#2,123,570)

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

Sadly, this means FDR and Kennedy were racists, but we can't fight history.

Thankfully progressive Southern States like Alabama continued to have Democratic Governors as late as 2003, which means they only recently became racist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Siegelman

And Arkansas only became racist in 2015 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Beebe

And Tennessee only became racist in 2011- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bredesen

And Georgia only became racist in in 2003 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Barnes

And Mississippi only became racist in 2004 -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Musgrove

And Texas only became racist in 2006 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards

And Louisiana has been cured of racism it seems, because they have a Democratic governor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards

Florida turned to the dark side in 1999 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_MacKay

Kentucky has been cured of racism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear

South Carolina became racist in 2003 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hodges

North Carolina is free of racism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper

Virginia waited until 2022 to become racist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper

History is a stubborn thing, isn't it?

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SelectiveSanity t1_jael6mc wrote

>While it does not mention the Democratic party's name, it would direct the Florida Division of Elections to "immediately cancel the filings of a political party, to include its registration and approved status as a political party, if the party’s platform has previously advocated for, or been in support of, slavery or involuntary servitude."

So....does this mean they're ok with politically disenfranchising any person or organization displaying a Tennessee Battle Flag?

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btross t1_jaf0pe3 wrote

Replying to burrito-disciple (#2,131,266)

>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

Replying to btross (#2,134,120)

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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