• Bleys@lemmy.world
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    7 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.

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      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”.

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      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’