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In reply to the discussion: The Big Dog's Big Lie [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,444 posts)dismiss everything right out of hand short of getting verbal affirmation from MLK himself? Is that how you want to conduct this debate? Jesus. I've seen that discussing any topic with you requires that I adopt your myopic view of the past, dismiss the switch of the two parties, turn a blind eye to racism and segregation, ignore the fact that Robert Kennedy himself voted for Republican Eisenhower rather than Democrat Adlai Stevenson, and pretend that all Blacks in that time didn't have to register as Republicans because the Democratic Party wasn't full of racists who wouldn't allow them to register to vote. Sorry, but that's the epitome of revisionism and it's just too cramp for me.
The link to the records you've produced HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE JAPANESE AMERICANS YOU CLAIM WERE NOT INTERNED because of that "one drop of blood" rule. Sorry. Not buying it. There is ample evidence, however, that this E.O. was racially motivated, and it's not hard for a reasonable person to believe that any Asian during that time was unfairly discriminated against by some wrongheaded Americans. To claim that FDR was FAR MORE progressive, if not MUCH MORE liberal, than President Obama, is just bunk based on the facts and it's a sad attempt by ObamaHaters to revise history in order to suit their version of it.
I don't do revisionist history. There's no denying that, based solely on FDR's E.O. 9066 to shove American citizens into prison camps or allowing Blacks to serve our country but in segregated units, FDR is NOT the most progressive or liberal president in history. Again, I reaffirm, I'd choose President Obama over FDR ANY DAY.
As history shows that the majority of Blacks were registered Republicans, and no matter how you try to twist, moan and groan about it, there's no doubt in my mind that MLK Jr. was registered as a Republican just so that he could vote because the Republican Party of his time was the Democratic Party of today and vice versa. I know you don't agree with that. You've made that perfectly clear. But I promise you I won't lose any sleep over it.