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The Velveteen Ocelot

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8. True. I guess by "always" I meant in everyone's living memory.

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 03:11 PM

Jul 2018

They've been the party of big business since the late 19th century and flipped to full-on, overt racism in the '60s when the southern Democrats - the Dixiecrats - went GOP because of the Civil Rights Act.

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How the Republican Party Became The Party of Racism [View all] amb123 Jul 2018 OP

Trump's Racist, Jingoistic Populism Is Why. MineralMan Jul 2018 #1

For a long time, I have read estimates that 20-35% of White Americans were vile racists. Blue_true Jul 2018 #9

It always has been. Trump just made it OK for them to be more obvious about it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #2

It started out as the party of the abolitionists. Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #7

True. I guess by "always" I meant in everyone's living memory. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #8

On the issue of race. Blue_true Jul 2018 #10

That's true, too, unfortunately. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #11

I agree. One thing that is clear, the GOP long ago became the party of racists. Blue_true Jul 2018 #12

I do think racism is a core value for Trump--perhaps the only one other than self-interest tblue37 Jul 2018 #16

You might want to look at the numbers mythology Jul 2018 #14

Both parties changed. Blue_true Jul 2018 #18

The racism expanded even more when the dixiecrats moved over to the repug party... brush Jul 2018 #3

Yes, this. TDale313 Jul 2018 #4

I like to phrase it this way... JHB Jul 2018 #5

Heeheehee! brush Jul 2018 #6

because the democratic party became the party of civil rights JI7 Jul 2018 #13

The picture at the top of the article! tblue37 Jul 2018 #15

Dear idiot Fox News guest, being a victim of a racism is far worse than being called a racist. Gothmog Jul 2018 #17