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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At the time this comic came out, it would have been Democrats, not Republicans, who were viewed as the party of conservative racists. This is pre-Nixon and his Southern Strategy

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes yes, I knew someone would bring up the southern strategy. Thank you. Changes nothing. It's the same sorts of people being shitty in the same sorts of ways. Where they congregate at any moment in history is independent of that. They are always conservatives, and today they own our republicans.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I totally agree. Just thought it's an interesting point considering this community doesn't normally have such old cartoons posted

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Sorry I was way too ready for a fight on that detail. 🙂