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12. You're talking about Southern Democrats,

not Democrats writ large. Their thing is white supremacy. I moved from CA to NC almost 15 years ago and there are people here still litigating the civil war.

So many people have been republican forever, their parents were, their grandparents were, they just can't seem to let it go. But in the South, when the CRA was passed they dropped being Democrats like a hot potato. Now you would think being a republican was somehow part of their fucking DNA or something. Still about white supremacy.

I'm not trying to claim that there aren't any good republicans left exactly. It's just that these people, like my friend, have not quite caught up to reality yet. Their party is GONE. If they are "good" republicans they actually believe in democracy and compromise and are not trying to turn the USA into a theocratic fascist state; consequently they should leave their party and either try to join or create a viable 3rd party to represent their values consistent with the constitution, or become Democrats. Staying republican just perpetuates the harm. We are losing democracy here, and it's because of republicans.