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[-] Bleys@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Whenever someone pulls out the “dEmOcRaTs WeRe ThE cOnFeDeRaTeS” argument, you know they’re either dumb as fuck or arguing entirely in bad faith. Like bro the parties switched in the 1960s it’s just names at this point.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Saying the parties "switched" is a large oversimplification. But yes, as the Democrats became anti segregation, it had dissatisfied white, racist, voters in the south. Of which Republicans, were all too happy to cater to, thus the "switch".

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes Democrats Republicans
House 153 of 244 (63%) 136 of 171 (80%)
Senate 46 of 67 (69%) 27 of 33 (82%)
1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes Union Confederacy
House 281 of 313 (90%) 8 of 102 (8%)
Senate 72 of 78 (92%) 1 of 22 (5%)
1964 Civil Rights Act Senate Version Ayes Dem/Union Rep/Union Dem/Confed Rep/Confed
House 145 of 152 (95%) 136 of 161 (85%) 8 of 91 (9%) 0 of 11 (0%)
Senate 45 of 46 (98%) 27 of 32 (84%) 1 of 21 (5%) 0 of 1 (0%)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/28/republicans-party-of-civil-rights

All I'm sayin'

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Have you ever wondered why they switched? It's kind of weird. Right?

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Cause LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act.

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