re: Enjoy your holiday, celebrating the Republicans ending slavery in America

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The party was founded on the oppo to slavery expansion, limited gov and free market ideas. So are we saying that this is now the Dems platform?

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It's amazing, really

They also ignore that the shift in the South has more to do with no longer being reliant on New Deal politics because southern whites moved on from rural poverty as they became richer, and areas became more suburban, leading them to become more conservative. Southern blacks are only Democrats because they are still reliant on the modern-day New Deal that Dems have promised them since LBJ was President.

In simple terms:

There was no Democrat/Republican “switch.” The South changed economically and culturally.

The Democratic Party did not become the old Republican Party.
The Republican Party did not become the old Democratic Party.
The old Southern Democratic system did not simply move wholesale into the GOP.

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David Duke won as a Republican.

I'm not sure you can get any closer to being associated with the Klan than that.

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Duke endorsed Jill Stein in 2024, is she a Klansman too?

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It's amazing, really

They also ignore that the shift in the South has more to do with no longer being reliant on New Deal politics because southern whites moved on from rural poverty as they became richer, and areas became more suburban, leading them to become more conservative. Southern blacks are only Democrats because they are still reliant on the modern-day New Deal that Dems have promised them since LBJ was President.

In simple terms:

There was no Democrat/Republican “switch.” The South changed economically and culturally.

The Democratic Party did not become the old Republican Party.
The Republican Party did not become the old Democratic Party.
The old Southern Democratic system did not simply move wholesale into the GOP.

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Hammer to nail right here

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LOL while I was typing my post about a leftist inevitably lying, here comes a leftist to inevitably lie.

Still worshiping Robert Byrd, you racist POS? LOLOLOLOLOL

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Funny thing you mentioned worshipping politicians.

Is it possible for someone seeking political power to switch parties, bring certain beliefs from their former party, and blend them with ideas from their new party? In doing so, could they take what was once a small faction within that party and grow it into the dominant majority simply because people are drawn to that politician's personality, demeanor, and message?

Then, as time passes, could the party itself begin to change its platform and priorities, not necessarily because of deeply held principles, but because supporters have become so attached to the politician that they follow wherever that message leads?

Asking for a friend.