"But Democrats supported slavery"

[LWolf]

11. I didn't hear it a lot

until recently. Yes, occasionally, but just in the last 4 days, it's popping up everywhere, every time I turn around, and from some surprising sources.

It's obviously become a programmed talking point.

Some Democrats are responding by trying to explain a more modern "flip" during the second half of the 20th century. In reality, the evolution of the two parties was a gradual process, beginning after the Civil War and continuing for over 135 years. Regardless, things evolve, and that includes political parties. For the Democratic Party, that evolution, in my lifetime, has unfortunately included the adoption of neoliberal ideology and policies.

The best response to this weak-sauce refrain designed to deflect and distract is a simple reminder that slavery ended with the 13th amendment, and that everybody, including Democrats, moved on and evolved from there. That the issue then became one of civil liberties and equality, which remains the issue today. Where do both major parties stand on that issue today? Neither is clean, but I think we can provide ample evidence that one is stronger than the other.