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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Democrats were never Republicans or vice versa. Prior to 1964 both parties had a diverse balance of Bigots. Democrats having a large contingent of racist southern Dixiecrats. Republicans had also long been the party of fascists and Nazi sympathizers. What happened post 1964 was not a party or ideological switch per se. Democrats just ditched the bigots courting a much bigger potential voting block. Republicans having lost the chance to court the same voting block instead courted the bigots fleeing the Democratic Party. It was a concentration of bigots. Not a change of ideology.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

it's crystal clear from your response that you could use a refresher on your modern american history so i found this for you.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't contradict anything I said. Care to try again?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 months ago

if you're still not understanding; you're beyond any help i can render.