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And LBJ was a racist himself - his 'support' of the CRA was a tactic to pursue the Great Society - the worst thing to happen to blacks in America since slavery itself.

Again, something subjective. You've really got no evidence of him backing the CRA for this reason.

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It was LBJ that ushered in the destruction of the black family unit - condemning 2 full generations of black children to dependence on govt welfare and allowing them to haunt the streets at night rather than being raised by loving fathers and given some self respect and devotion to hard work.

Again, this is subjective.

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Dirkson and legions of Republicans provided the muscle to pry the CRA out of the hands of the DEMOCRAT party - and all due praise is due to the few DEM leaders who allied themselves with the Republicans. Dirkson was the hero of the moment for the CRA.

It was signed by Democrat LBJ and ushered through by Democrat Mike Mansfield.

Southern Democrats opposed it but they were nowhere near the majority of Democrats.

There's a reason why African-Americans vote for Democrats, not Republicans.

So you've effectively written two paragraphs that are completely subjective, ignored that Southern Democrats were hardly representative of most Democrats, and then ignored that in absolute numbers, it was the Democrats that passed the bill (as Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House).

Democrats had a supermajority in both the House and the Senate.

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Posted by ChineseBandit58

Pearland, TX

Member since Aug 2005

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Posted on 8/14/21 at 9:00 pm to DangerousWafer

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something subjective

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Again, this is subjective.

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completely subjective,

Facts:

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After reading Shelby Steele's excellent Dec. 18 essay "American Conservatism: Of Race and Imagination" we felt compelled to respond to the popular misconception that "conservatism, for all its commitment to freedom, did not make itself the principled enemy of racism during the civil-rights era." With a little research, the actual voting record for both Houses of Congress shows that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the Senate on a 73-to-27 vote. The Democratic supermajority in the Senate split their vote 46 (69%) for and 21 (31%) against. The Republicans, on the other hand, split their vote 27 for (82%) and 6 against (18%). Thus, the no vote consisted of 78% Democrats. Further, the infamous 74-day filibuster was led by the Southern Democrats, who overwhelmingly voted against the act.

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An examination of the House vote shows a similar pattern. The House voted 290 to 130 in favor. Democrats split their vote 152 (61%) to 96 (39%) while Republicans split theirs 138 (80%) to 34 (20%). The no vote consisted of 74% Democrats. Clearly, the 1964 Civil Rights Act could not have been passed without the leadership of Republicans such as Everett Dirksen and the votes of Republicans. As the online Wall Street Journal so aptly subtitled Mr. Steele's article, "Trent Lott jeopardizes the very productive ideas his party stands for."

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it was the Democrats that passed the bill (as Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House).

And with all their numerical advantage, it would have failed without the real heroes led by Dirkson - who, by the way, had been pursuing this fight long before the national democrats found out that they had to resort to mindless propaganda for future success, and needed an uneducated, irresponsible block of unthinking votes to do it.

I think it is amusing that Robert Byrd became the "conscience of the Senate" and was lauded by Biden himself (who had a great fondness for ALL the racist southern Democrats) and the saintly Hillary Clinton (just an evil soul)

Methinks you are just another brainwashed soy boi - soaking up all the gutter think of the DEM ideology without question. My 13 yr old great grandson has a greater investigative capacity than you.

yep that is my subjective opinion.

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Posted by Manarchist

Member since Nov 2018

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Posted on 8/15/21 at 1:58 am to DangerousWafer

The reason is welfare, since you’re clearly ignorant of any sort of historical context.

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